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Recognised as Colour

#9AEEFD

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

#9AEEFD is a cyan with RGB values 154, 238, 253 and HSL 189°, 96%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#9AEEFD#9AEEFD
HEX#9AEEFD
RGBrgb(154, 238, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.9333, 0.9922
RGB percentages60.4%, 93.3%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(189.1, 96.1%, 79.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189.1, 39.1%, 99.2%)
CMYK39.1%, 5.9%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,153,725
CSS custom property--colour: #9AEEFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75111WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.02:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD
Inverted#651102

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E0E8FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0DCFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.5 from the original
Tritanopia#71F5F2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.1Powder blue · ΔE 11.1Light blue · ΔE 12.8Sky blue · ΔE 13.7Light cyan · ΔE 18.7Light skyblue · ΔE 19.7
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 9.13, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDA99A
Analogous#9AFDDB, #9ABDFD
Triadic#FD9AEE, #EEFD9A
Split complementary#FD9ABC, #FDDB9A
Tetradic#DB9AFD, #FDA99A, #BCFD9A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFFFF
Lighter +10%#CCF6FE
Darker −10%#68E6FC
Darker −20%#36DDFB
Darker −30%#05D4F9
Darker −40%#04A9C7
More saturated +25%#98EFFF
Less saturated −25%#A7E5F0

Channel breakdown

R154
G238
B253
Red154 (60.4%)
Green238 (93.3%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue189.09°
Saturation (HSL)96.12%
Lightness79.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9A · G EE · B FD

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