#9dc5ca

Color #9dc5ca

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Light Blue #add8e6 · ΔE 8.39 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 10.7

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Conversions

HEX

#9dc5ca

RGB

rgb(157, 197, 202)

HSL

hsl(186.7, 29.8%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.7, 22.3%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.3%, 2.5%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(76.9, -12.09, -6.87)

LCH

lch(76.9, 13.91, 209.61)

OKLCH

oklch(79.6%, 0.0431, 205.73)

HWB

hwb(186.7, 61.6%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#caa29d

Analogous

#9dcab9

#9dc5ca

#9daeca

Triadic

#9dc5ca

#ca9dc5

#c5ca9d

Split-complementary

#9dc5ca

#ca9dae

#cab99d

Tetradic

#9dc5ca

#a29dca

#caa29d

#c5ca9d

Square

#9dc5ca

#b99dca

#caa29d

#aeca9d

Shades

Color #9dc5ca mixed toward black.

#76aeb5

#54939b

#3f6f75

#2a4a4e

#152527

Tints

Color #9dc5ca mixed toward white.

#adcfd3

#bed8dc

#cee2e5

#deeced

#eff5f6

Tones

Color #9dc5ca mixed toward gray.

#a1c2c6

#a5bfc3

#a8bcbf

#acb9bb

#b0b6b7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b0c9 · ΔE 19.2

Deuteranopia

#adaac9 · ΔE 21.6

Tritanopia

#9fc8c8 · ΔE 2.4

Achromatopsia

#bebebe · ΔE 13.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9dc5ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9dc5ca]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#9dc5ca (#9dc5ca) is rgb(157, 197, 202) in RGB.

No, #9dc5ca is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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