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Recognised as Colour

#9AE9CE

  • #9AE9CE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#9AE9CE is a cyan with RGB values 154, 233, 206 and HSL 159°, 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

#9AE9CE#9AE9CE
HEX#9AE9CE
RGBrgb(154, 233, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.9137, 0.8078
RGB percentages60.4%, 91.4%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(159.5, 64.2%, 75.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(159.5, 33.9%, 91.4%)
CMYK33.9%, 0%, 11.6%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,152,398
CSS custom property--colour: #9AE9CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69604WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.92:1
Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6
Inverted#651631

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E5DFCDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7D5D0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30 from the original
Tritanopia#85EAE1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.5 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 text14.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.1Aquamarine · ΔE 16.9Turquoise · ΔE 17.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.5Dark seagreen · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 14.17, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E99AB5
Analogous#9AE9A7, #9ADCE9
Triadic#CE9AE9, #E9CE9A
Split complementary#E99ADD, #E9A79A
Tetradic#A69AE9, #E99AB5, #DCE99A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EEFBF7
Lighter +10%#C4F2E2
Darker −10%#70E0BA
Darker −20%#46D7A5
Darker −30%#2AC08D
Darker −40%#21966E
More saturated +25%#8BF8D3
Less saturated −25%#A9DAC9

Channel breakdown

R154
G233
B206
Red154 (60.4%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue159.49°
Saturation (HSL)64.23%
Lightness75.88%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 9A · G E9 · B CE

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