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Recognised as Colour

#9ECADB

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

#9ECADB is a cyan with RGB values 158, 202, 219 and HSL 197°, 46%, 74%. 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

#9ECADB#9ECADB
HEX#9ECADB
RGBrgb(158, 202, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.7922, 0.8588
RGB percentages62%, 79.2%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(196.7, 45.9%, 73.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.7, 27.9%, 85.9%)
CMYK27.9%, 7.8%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,406,619
CSS custom property--colour: #9ECADB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54625WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.92:1
Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#613524

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0C7DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7C0DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Tritanopia#8BD0CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 5.3Sky blue · ΔE 9.2Light steelblue · ΔE 9.5Powder blue · ΔE 9.6Light skyblue · ΔE 15.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 16
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 5.28, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBAF9E
Analogous#9EDBCE, #9EABDB
Triadic#DB9ECA, #CADB9E
Split complementary#DB9EAB, #DBCE9E
Tetradic#CE9EDB, #DBAF9E, #ACDB9E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E8F3F7
Lighter +10%#C3DEE9
Darker −10%#79B6CD
Darker −20%#54A1BF
Darker −30%#3D87A3
Darker −40%#2F687E
More saturated +25%#8DD1EC
Less saturated −25%#AFC3CA

Channel breakdown

R158
G202
B219
Red158 (62%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue196.72°
Saturation (HSL)45.86%
Lightness73.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G CA · B DB

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