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Colour

#9FB8AC

  • #9FB8AC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#9FB8AC is a cyan with RGB values 159, 184, 172 and HSL 151°, 15%, 67%. 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

#9FB8AC#9FB8AC
HEX#9FB8AC
RGBrgb(159, 184, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.7216, 0.6745
RGB percentages62.4%, 72.2%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(151.2, 15%, 67.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(151.2, 13.6%, 72.2%)
CMYK13.6%, 0%, 6.5%, 27.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,467,500
CSS custom property--colour: #9FB8AC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4463WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.93:1
Contrast with white2.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#604753

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7B4ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2B1ADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Tritanopia#9AB8B4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.6 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 text9.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 11.9Silver · ΔE 12.5Light grey · ΔE 16.5Powder blue · ΔE 17.8Cadetblue · ΔE 17.9Light blue · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 11.89, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B89FAB
Analogous#9FB8A0, #9FB7B8
Triadic#AC9FB8, #B8AC9F
Split complementary#B89FB8, #B8A09F
Tetradic#A09FB8, #B89FAB, #B7B89F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7F9F8
Lighter +20%#DAE3DF
Lighter +10%#BCCEC5
Darker −10%#82A293
Darker −20%#668B79
Darker −30%#516D60
Darker −40%#3B5046
More saturated +25%#8ACDAD
Less saturated −25%#ACACAC

Channel breakdown

R159
G184
B172
Red159 (62.4%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue151.2°
Saturation (HSL)14.97%
Lightness67.25%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 9F · G B8 · B AC

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