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Recognised as Colour

#9ED0DF

  • #9ED0DF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#9ED0DF is a cyan with RGB values 158, 208, 223 and HSL 194°, 50%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#9ED0DF#9ED0DF
HEX#9ED0DF
RGBrgb(158, 208, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.8157, 0.8745
RGB percentages62%, 81.6%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(193.8, 50.4%, 74.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.8, 29.1%, 87.5%)
CMYK29.1%, 6.7%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,408,159
CSS custom property--colour: #9ED0DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57709WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.54:1
Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6
Inverted#612F20

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6CDE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCC4DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.6 from the original
Tritanopia#89D6D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 3.9Powder blue · ΔE 7.4Sky blue · ΔE 9Light steelblue · ΔE 11.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.3Light skyblue · ΔE 16
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 3.91, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFAD9E
Analogous#9EDFCD, #9EB0DF
Triadic#DF9ED0, #D0DF9E
Split complementary#DF9EB0, #DFCD9E
Tetradic#CD9EDF, #DFAD9E, #B0DF9E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EBF5F8
Lighter +10%#C4E3EC
Darker −10%#78BDD2
Darker −20%#51ABC6
Darker −30%#3991AB
Darker −40%#2C7185
More saturated +25%#8ED9EF
Less saturated −25%#AEC7CF

Channel breakdown

R158
G208
B223
Red158 (62%)
Green208 (81.6%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue193.85°
Saturation (HSL)50.39%
Lightness74.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G D0 · B DF

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