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Recognised as Colour

#9ECBD8

  • #9ECBD8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#9ECBD8 is a cyan with RGB values 158, 203, 216 and HSL 193°, 43%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#9ECBD8#9ECBD8
HEX#9ECBD8
RGBrgb(158, 203, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.7961, 0.8471
RGB percentages62%, 79.6%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(193.4, 42.6%, 73.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.4, 26.9%, 84.7%)
CMYK26.9%, 6%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,406,872
CSS custom property--colour: #9ECBD8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54939WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.99:1
Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#613427

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2C8D9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9C0D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.3 from the original
Tritanopia#8CD0CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 4.9Powder blue · ΔE 8.2Sky blue · ΔE 10.5Light steelblue · ΔE 11.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.4Silver · ΔE 16.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 4.89, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D8AB9E
Analogous#9ED8C8, #9EAED8
Triadic#D89ECB, #CBD89E
Split complementary#D89EAE, #D8C89E
Tetradic#C89ED8, #D8AB9E, #AED89E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E7F2F5
Lighter +10%#C2DFE7
Darker −10%#7AB8C9
Darker −20%#55A4BB
Darker −30%#3F899E
Darker −40%#316979
More saturated +25%#8DD4E9
Less saturated −25%#AFC2C7

Channel breakdown

R158
G203
B216
Red158 (62%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue193.45°
Saturation (HSL)42.65%
Lightness73.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G CB · B D8

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