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Recognised as Colour

#9AE9E5

  • #9AE9E5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#9AE9E5 is a cyan with RGB values 154, 233, 229 and HSL 177°, 64%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#9AE9E5#9AE9E5
HEX#9AE9E5
RGBrgb(154, 233, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.9137, 0.898
RGB percentages60.4%, 91.4%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(177, 64.2%, 75.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177, 33.9%, 91.4%)
CMYK33.9%, 0%, 1.7%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,152,421
CSS custom property--colour: #9AE9E5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70805WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness212 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.16:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#65161A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E0E1E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D2D6E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.8 from the original
Tritanopia#7CEDE7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 6Powder blue · ΔE 11.2Light blue · ΔE 15.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.4Light cyan · ΔE 18.5Turquoise · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 6, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E99A9E
Analogous#9AE9BE, #9AC5E9
Triadic#E59AE9, #E9E59A
Split complementary#E99AC5, #E9BE9A
Tetradic#BE9AE9, #E99A9E, #C5E99A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EEFBFB
Lighter +10%#C4F2F0
Darker −10%#70E0DA
Darker −20%#46D7CF
Darker −30%#2AC0B9
Darker −40%#219690
More saturated +25%#8BF8F3
Less saturated −25%#A9DAD7

Channel breakdown

R154
G233
B229
Red154 (60.4%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue176.96°
Saturation (HSL)64.23%
Lightness75.88%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 9A · G E9 · B E5

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