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Recognised as Colour

#9AE9CA

  • #9AE9CA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#9AE9CA is a cyan with RGB values 154, 233, 202 and HSL 156°, 64%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#9AE9CA#9AE9CA
HEX#9AE9CA
RGBrgb(154, 233, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.9137, 0.7922
RGB percentages60.4%, 91.4%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(156.5, 64.2%, 75.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(156.5, 33.9%, 91.4%)
CMYK33.9%, 0%, 13.3%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,152,394
CSS custom property--colour: #9AE9CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69412WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness208.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.88:1
Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6
Inverted#651635

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E5DFC9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#D8D5CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.4 from the original
Tritanopia#86EAE0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.4Aquamarine · ΔE 15.8Pale turquoise · ΔE 18.1Turquoise · ΔE 18.3Dark seagreen · ΔE 19.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.7
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 13.35, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E99AB9
Analogous#9AE9A2, #9AE1E9
Triadic#CA9AE9, #E9CA9A
Split complementary#E99AE1, #E9A29A
Tetradic#A29AE9, #E99AB9, #E1E99A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EEFBF6
Lighter +10%#C4F2E0
Darker −10%#70E0B4
Darker −20%#46D79E
Darker −30%#2AC085
Darker −40%#219668
More saturated +25%#8BF8CD
Less saturated −25%#A9DAC7

Channel breakdown

R154
G233
B202
Red154 (60.4%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue156.46°
Saturation (HSL)64.23%
Lightness75.88%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 9A · G E9 · B CA

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