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Colour

#9FB6BD

  • #9FB6BD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#9FB6BD is a cyan with RGB values 159, 182, 189 and HSL 194°, 19%, 68%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#9FB6BD#9FB6BD
HEX#9FB6BD
RGBrgb(159, 182, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.7137, 0.7412
RGB percentages62.4%, 71.4%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(194, 18.5%, 68.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194, 15.9%, 74.1%)
CMYK15.9%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,467,005
CSS custom property--colour: #9FB6BD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44501WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.9:1
Contrast with white2.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#604942

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1B4BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#ACB0BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Tritanopia#97B9B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.12:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 9.5Silver · ΔE 10.3Light steelblue · ΔE 11.9Light blue · ΔE 13.2Light grey · ΔE 14.9Powder blue · ΔE 15.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 9.5, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BDA69F
Analogous#9FBDB5, #9FA7BD
Triadic#BD9FB6, #B6BD9F
Split complementary#BD9FA7, #BDB59F
Tetradic#B59FBD, #BDA69F, #A7BD9F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAFBFB
Lighter +20%#DBE4E7
Lighter +10%#BDCDD2
Darker −10%#819FA8
Darker −20%#648792
Darker −30%#4F6B74
Darker −40%#3B4F55
More saturated +25%#8BC1D1
Less saturated −25%#AEAEAE

Channel breakdown

R159
G182
B189
Red159 (62.4%)
Green182 (71.4%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue194°
Saturation (HSL)18.52%
Lightness68.24%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9F · G B6 · B BD

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