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Recognised as Colour

#9FCADE

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

#9FCADE is a cyan with RGB values 159, 202, 222 and HSL 199°, 49%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#9FCADE#9FCADE
HEX#9FCADE
RGBrgb(159, 202, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.7922, 0.8706
RGB percentages62.4%, 79.2%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(199, 48.8%, 74.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199, 28.4%, 87.1%)
CMYK28.4%, 9%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,472,158
CSS custom property--colour: #9FCADE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54886WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.98:1
Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#603521

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0C8DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6C0DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.4 from the original
Tritanopia#8BD0D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 5.9Light steelblue · ΔE 8.3Sky blue · ΔE 8.6Powder blue · ΔE 10.7Light skyblue · ΔE 14Pale turquoise · ΔE 17.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 5.88, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DEB39F
Analogous#9FDED3, #9FABDE
Triadic#DE9FCA, #CADE9F
Split complementary#DE9FAB, #DED39F
Tetradic#D39FDE, #DEB39F, #ABDE9F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EBF4F8
Lighter +10%#C5DFEB
Darker −10%#79B5D1
Darker −20%#53A0C4
Darker −30%#3A86AA
Darker −40%#2D6884
More saturated +25%#8FD0EE
Less saturated −25%#AFC4CE

Channel breakdown

R159
G202
B222
Red159 (62.4%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue199.05°
Saturation (HSL)48.84%
Lightness74.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9F · G CA · B DE

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