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Recognised as Colour

#9FC8CD

  • #9FC8CD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#9FC8CD is a cyan with RGB values 159, 200, 205 and HSL 187°, 32%, 71%. 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

#9FC8CD#9FC8CD
HEX#9FC8CD
RGBrgb(159, 200, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.7843, 0.8039
RGB percentages62.4%, 78.4%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(186.5, 31.5%, 71.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.5, 22.4%, 80.4%)
CMYK22.4%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,471,629
CSS custom property--colour: #9FC8CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53087WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.62:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#603732

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C1C4CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9BECDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.7 from the original
Tritanopia#91CCC9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.5 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 text11.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 7.6Powder blue · ΔE 8.5Light steelblue · ΔE 13.8Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.2Silver · ΔE 14.2Sky blue · ΔE 14.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 7.57, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CDA49F
Analogous#9FCDBB, #9FB1CD
Triadic#CD9FC8, #C8CD9F
Split complementary#CD9FB1, #CDBB9F
Tetradic#BB9FCD, #CDA49F, #B1CD9F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E2EEF0
Lighter +10%#C1DBDE
Darker −10%#7DB5BC
Darker −20%#5CA2AA
Darker −30%#48848B
Darker −40%#376469
More saturated +25%#8DD6DF
Less saturated −25%#B1BABB

Channel breakdown

R159
G200
B205
Red159 (62.4%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue186.52°
Saturation (HSL)31.51%
Lightness71.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9F · G C8 · B CD

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