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Recognised as Colour

#9EC9CF

  • #9EC9CF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#9EC9CF is a cyan with RGB values 158, 201, 207 and HSL 187°, 34%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#9EC9CF#9EC9CF
HEX#9EC9CF
RGBrgb(158, 201, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.7882, 0.8118
RGB percentages62%, 78.8%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(187.3, 33.8%, 71.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(187.3, 23.7%, 81.2%)
CMYK23.7%, 2.9%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,406,351
CSS custom property--colour: #9EC9CF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53547WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.71:1
Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#613630

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2C5CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9BFCFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.9 from the original
Tritanopia#8FCDCBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 7.1Powder blue · ΔE 8.1Light steelblue · ΔE 13.8Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.8Sky blue · ΔE 13.8Silver · ΔE 14.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 7.05, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CFA49E
Analogous#9ECFBD, #9EB0CF
Triadic#CF9EC9, #C9CF9E
Split complementary#CF9EB0, #CFBD9E
Tetradic#BD9ECF, #CFA49E, #B0CF9E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E2EFF1
Lighter +10%#C0DCE0
Darker −10%#7CB6BE
Darker −20%#5AA3AD
Darker −30%#46858E
Darker −40%#35656C
More saturated +25%#8CD7E1
Less saturated −25%#B0BBBD

Channel breakdown

R158
G201
B207
Red158 (62%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue187.35°
Saturation (HSL)33.79%
Lightness71.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G C9 · B CF

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