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Recognised as Colour

#9FADB2

  • #9FADB2
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#9FADB2 is a cyan with RGB values 159, 173, 178 and HSL 196°, 11%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#9FADB2#9FADB2
HEX#9FADB2
RGBrgb(159, 173, 178)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.6784, 0.698
RGB percentages62.4%, 67.8%, 69.8%
HSLhsl(195.8, 11%, 66.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.8, 10.7%, 69.8%)
CMYK10.7%, 2.8%, 0%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,464,690
CSS custom property--colour: #9FADB2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40472WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.09:1
Contrast with white2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#60524D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AAACB2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7A9B2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Tritanopia#9AAFAEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 5.8Silver · ΔE 9.8Light steelblue · ΔE 14.2Light slate grey · ΔE 15.6Light grey · ΔE 15.8Gray · ΔE 17.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 5.76, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B2A49F
Analogous#9FB2AE, #9FA4B2
Triadic#B29FAD, #ADB29F
Split complementary#B29FA4, #B2AE9F
Tetradic#AD9FB2, #B2A49F, #A4B29F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F4F6F6
Lighter +20%#D8DDDF
Lighter +10%#BBC5C9
Darker −10%#83959B
Darker −20%#697C82
Darker −30%#526166
Darker −40%#3B464A
More saturated +25%#89B7C8
Less saturated −25%#A9A9A9

Channel breakdown

R159
G173
B178
Red159 (62.4%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue178 (69.8%)
Hue195.79°
Saturation (HSL)10.98%
Lightness66.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9F · G AD · B B2

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