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Colour

#9ECAD6

  • #9ECAD6
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#9ECAD6 is a cyan with RGB values 158, 202, 214 and HSL 193°, 41%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#9ECAD6#9ECAD6
HEX#9ECAD6
RGBrgb(158, 202, 214)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.7922, 0.8392
RGB percentages62%, 79.2%, 83.9%
HSLhsl(192.9, 40.6%, 72.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.9, 26.2%, 83.9%)
CMYK26.2%, 5.6%, 0%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,406,614
CSS custom property--colour: #9ECAD6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54365WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.87:1
Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#613529

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C1C7D7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8C0D6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Tritanopia#8CCFCEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 5.3Powder blue · ΔE 8.3Sky blue · ΔE 11.1Light steelblue · ΔE 11.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.5Silver · ΔE 15.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 5.26, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D6AA9E
Analogous#9ED6C6, #9EAED6
Triadic#D69ECA, #CAD69E
Split complementary#D69EAE, #D6C69E
Tetradic#C69ED6, #D6AA9E, #AED69E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6F1F4
Lighter +10%#C2DEE5
Darker −10%#7AB6C7
Darker −20%#56A3B8
Darker −30%#41879A
Darker −40%#326776
More saturated +25%#8DD4E7
Less saturated −25%#AFC0C5

Channel breakdown

R158
G202
B214
Red158 (62%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue214 (83.9%)
Hue192.86°
Saturation (HSL)40.58%
Lightness72.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G CA · B D6

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