#9dd6ec

Color #9dd6ec

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Light Blue #add8e6 · ΔE 5.73 Nearest Tailwind class sky-200 #b8e6fe · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#9dd6ec

RGB

rgb(157, 214, 236)

HSL

hsl(196.7, 67.5%, 77.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(196.7, 33.5%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.5%, 9.3%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(82.55, -13.01, -16.65)

LCH

lch(82.55, 21.13, 232)

OKLCH

oklch(84.4%, 0.0659, 223.77)

HWB

hwb(196.7, 61.6%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ecb39d

Analogous

#9decdb

#9dd6ec

#9dafec

Triadic

#9dd6ec

#ec9dd6

#d6ec9d

Split-complementary

#9dd6ec

#ec9daf

#ecdb9d

Tetradic

#9dd6ec

#b39dec

#ecb39d

#d6ec9d

Square

#9dd6ec

#db9dec

#ecb39d

#afec9d

Shades

Color #9dd6ec mixed toward black.

#66bfe1

#2fa8d7

#2080a5

#15556e

#0b2b37

Tints

Color #9dd6ec mixed toward white.

#adddef

#bee4f2

#ceebf6

#def1f9

#eff8fc

Tones

Color #9dd6ec mixed toward gray.

#a4d3e5

#aad0df

#b1cdd8

#b7cad2

#bec8cb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.26:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.26:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b9e7 · ΔE 20.1

Deuteranopia

#b5b1e6 · ΔE 20.9

Tritanopia

#a0e3e2 · ΔE 10

Achromatopsia

#cdcdcd · ΔE 16.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #9dd6ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9dd6ec]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#9dd6ec (#9dd6ec) is rgb(157, 214, 236) in RGB.

No, #9dd6ec 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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