Colour

#98E6DC

#98E6DC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Pale turquoise

#98E6DC is a cyan with RGB values 152, 230, 220 and HSL 172°, 61%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#98E6DC#98E6DC

HEX#98E6DC

RGBrgb(152, 230, 220)

RGB (0–1)0.5961, 0.902, 0.8627

RGB percentages59.6%, 90.2%, 86.3%

HSLhsl(172.3, 60.9%, 74.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(172.3, 33.9%, 90.2%)

CMYK33.9%, 0%, 4.3%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,020,572

CSS custom property--colour: #98E6DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68436WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness208.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.69:1

Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5

Inverted#671923

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DEDEDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#D0D3DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.1 from the original

Tritanopia#7DE9E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 8.3 Powder blue · ΔE 13.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.7 Light blue · ΔE 17.7 Turquoise · ΔE 18.7 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19.6

Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 8.35, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#E698A2

Analogous#98E6B5, #98C9E6

Triadic#DC98E6, #E6DC98

Split complementary#E698C9, #E6B598

Tetradic#B598E6, #E698A2, #C9E698

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#EAFAF8

Lighter +10%#C1F0EA

Darker −10%#6FDCCE

Darker −20%#46D2C0

Darker −30%#2DB8A6

Darker −40%#238F81

More saturated +25%#88F6E8

Less saturated −25%#A8D6D0

Channel breakdown

R152

G230

B220

Red152 (59.6%)

Green230 (90.2%)

Blue220 (86.3%)

Hue172.31°

Saturation (HSL)60.94%

Lightness74.9%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 98 · G E6 · B DC

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