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Recognised as Colour

#9FC4CE

  • #9FC4CE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#9FC4CE is a cyan with RGB values 159, 196, 206 and HSL 193°, 32%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#9FC4CE#9FC4CE
HEX#9FC4CE
RGBrgb(159, 196, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.7686, 0.8078
RGB percentages62.4%, 76.9%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(192.8, 32.4%, 71.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.8, 22.8%, 80.8%)
CMYK22.8%, 4.9%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,470,606
CSS custom property--colour: #9FC4CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51307WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.26:1
Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#603B31

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BDC1CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B5BBCEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Tritanopia#91C8C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 7.4Powder blue · ΔE 10.2Light steelblue · ΔE 10.8Sky blue · ΔE 13.3Silver · ΔE 13.6Dark grey · ΔE 15.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 7.4, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CEA99F
Analogous#9FCEC0, #9FADCE
Triadic#CE9FC4, #C4CE9F
Split complementary#CE9FAD, #CEC19F
Tetradic#C09FCE, #CEA99F, #ACCE9F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E3EEF0
Lighter +10%#C1D9DF
Darker −10%#7DAFBD
Darker −20%#5B9AAC
Darker −30%#487E8C
Darker −40%#365F6B
More saturated +25%#8DCEE0
Less saturated −25%#B1BABC

Channel breakdown

R159
G196
B206
Red159 (62.4%)
Green196 (76.9%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue192.77°
Saturation (HSL)32.41%
Lightness71.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9F · G C4 · B CE

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