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Recognised as Colour

#9FC7D5

  • #9FC7D5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#9FC7D5 is a cyan with RGB values 159, 199, 213 and HSL 196°, 39%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#9FC7D5#9FC7D5
HEX#9FC7D5
RGBrgb(159, 199, 213)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.7804, 0.8353
RGB percentages62.4%, 78%, 83.5%
HSLhsl(195.6, 39.1%, 72.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.6, 25.4%, 83.5%)
CMYK25.4%, 6.6%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,471,381
CSS custom property--colour: #9FC7D5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53022WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.6:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#60382A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BEC4D6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6BED5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12 from the original
Tritanopia#8ECCCBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 6Light steelblue · ΔE 9.6Powder blue · ΔE 9.8Sky blue · ΔE 11.1Silver · ΔE 15.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 5.99, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D5AD9F
Analogous#9FD5C8, #9FACD5
Triadic#D59FC7, #C7D59F
Split complementary#D59FAC, #D5C89F
Tetradic#C89FD5, #D5AD9F, #ACD59F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6F0F4
Lighter +10%#C2DCE5
Darker −10%#7CB2C5
Darker −20%#589EB6
Darker −30%#438298
Darker −40%#336475
More saturated +25%#8ECFE6
Less saturated −25%#B0BFC4

Channel breakdown

R159
G199
B213
Red159 (62.4%)
Green199 (78%)
Blue213 (83.5%)
Hue195.56°
Saturation (HSL)39.13%
Lightness72.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9F · G C7 · B D5

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