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Recognised as Colour

#9AEFEC

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

#9AEFEC is a cyan with RGB values 154, 239, 236 and HSL 178°, 73%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#9AEFEC#9AEFEC
HEX#9AEFEC
RGBrgb(154, 239, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.9373, 0.9255
RGB percentages60.4%, 93.7%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(177.9, 72.6%, 77.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.9, 35.6%, 93.7%)
CMYK35.6%, 0%, 1.3%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,153,964
CSS custom property--colour: #9AEFEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74659WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.93:1
Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD
Inverted#651013

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E5E7ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6DBEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.2 from the original
Tritanopia#79F4EEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 6.7Powder blue · ΔE 12.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.7Light blue · ΔE 17Light cyan · ΔE 18.8Turquoise · ΔE 19.7
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 6.69, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EF9A9D
Analogous#9AEFC1, #9AC8EF
Triadic#EC9AEF, #EFEC9A
Split complementary#EF9AC7, #EFC19A
Tetradic#C29AEF, #EF9A9D, #C7EF9A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F2FDFD
Lighter +10%#C6F6F4
Darker −10%#6EE8E4
Darker −20%#42E1DB
Darker −30%#21CFC9
Darker −40%#1AA39E
More saturated +25%#8BFEFA
Less saturated −25%#A9E0DE

Channel breakdown

R154
G239
B236
Red154 (60.4%)
Green239 (93.7%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue177.88°
Saturation (HSL)72.65%
Lightness77.06%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 9A · G EF · B EC

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