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Colour

#9FCAD5

  • #9FCAD5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#9FCAD5 is a cyan with RGB values 159, 202, 213 and HSL 192°, 39%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#9FCAD5#9FCAD5
HEX#9FCAD5
RGBrgb(159, 202, 213)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.7922, 0.8353
RGB percentages62.4%, 79.2%, 83.5%
HSLhsl(192.2, 39.1%, 72.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.2, 25.4%, 83.5%)
CMYK25.4%, 5.2%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,472,149
CSS custom property--colour: #9FCAD5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54416WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.88:1
Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#60352A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2C7D6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9C0D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Tritanopia#8ECFCDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 5.3Powder blue · ΔE 8.1Light steelblue · ΔE 11.5Sky blue · ΔE 11.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.4Silver · ΔE 15.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 5.34, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D5AA9F
Analogous#9FD5C5, #9FAFD5
Triadic#D59FCA, #CAD59F
Split complementary#D59FAF, #D5C59F
Tetradic#C59FD5, #D5AA9F, #AFD59F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6F1F4
Lighter +10%#C2DEE5
Darker −10%#7CB6C5
Darker −20%#58A3B6
Darker −30%#438798
Darker −40%#336775
More saturated +25%#8ED4E6
Less saturated −25%#B0C0C4

Channel breakdown

R159
G202
B213
Red159 (62.4%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue213 (83.5%)
Hue192.22°
Saturation (HSL)39.13%
Lightness72.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9F · G CA · B D5

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