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Recognised as Colour

#9AF9FB

  • #9AF9FB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#9AF9FB is a cyan with RGB values 154, 249, 251 and HSL 181°, 92%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#9AF9FB#9AF9FB
HEX#9AF9FB
RGBrgb(154, 249, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.6039, 0.9765, 0.9843
RGB percentages60.4%, 97.6%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(181.2, 92.4%, 79.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.2, 38.6%, 98.4%)
CMYK38.6%, 0.8%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,156,539
CSS custom property--colour: #9AF9FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81586WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness225.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.32:1
Contrast with white1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5
Inverted#650604

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EDF1FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#DCE4FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.7 from the original
Tritanopia#70FFF9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.21:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 8.9Powder blue · ΔE 15Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.4Light blue · ΔE 18.8Light cyan · ΔE 19.6Turquoise · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 8.95, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FB9C9A
Analogous#9AFBCC, #9AC9FB
Triadic#FB9AF9, #F9FB9A
Split complementary#FB9AC9, #FBCC9A
Tetradic#CC9AFB, #FB9C9A, #C9FB9A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FCFFFF
Lighter +10%#CBFCFD
Darker −10%#69F6F9
Darker −20%#38F3F7
Darker −30%#0AEEF2
Darker −40%#08BEC1
More saturated +25%#96FDFF
Less saturated −25%#A7ECEE

Channel breakdown

R154
G249
B251
Red154 (60.4%)
Green249 (97.6%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue181.24°
Saturation (HSL)92.38%
Lightness79.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9A · G F9 · B FB

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