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Recognised as Colour

#9FBDC8

  • #9FBDC8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#9FBDC8 is a cyan with RGB values 159, 189, 200 and HSL 196°, 27%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#9FBDC8#9FBDC8
HEX#9FBDC8
RGBrgb(159, 189, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.7412, 0.7843
RGB percentages62.4%, 74.1%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(196.1, 27.2%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.1, 20.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK20.5%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,468,808
CSS custom property--colour: #9FBDC8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47936WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.59:1
Contrast with white1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#604237

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6BBC9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B0B6C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Tritanopia#93C1C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.7Light blue · ΔE 9.9Silver · ΔE 12.1Dark grey · ΔE 13Powder blue · ΔE 13Sky blue · ΔE 14.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.72, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C8AA9F
Analogous#9FC8BE, #9FA8C8
Triadic#C89FBD, #BDC89F
Split complementary#C89FA8, #C8BF9F
Tetradic#BE9FC8, #C8AA9F, #A8C89F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E0EAED
Lighter +10%#BFD3DB
Darker −10%#7FA7B5
Darker −20%#5E90A3
Darker −30%#4B7483
Darker −40%#385763
More saturated +25%#8CC6DB
Less saturated −25%#B2B4B5

Channel breakdown

R159
G189
B200
Red159 (62.4%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue196.1°
Saturation (HSL)27.15%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9F · G BD · B C8

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