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Recognised as Colour

#9BE4DF

  • #9BE4DF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#9BE4DF is a cyan with RGB values 155, 228, 223 and HSL 176°, 57%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#9BE4DF#9BE4DF
HEX#9BE4DF
RGBrgb(155, 228, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.8941, 0.8745
RGB percentages60.8%, 89.4%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(175.9, 57.5%, 75.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.9, 32%, 89.4%)
CMYK32%, 0%, 2.2%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,216,671
CSS custom property--colour: #9BE4DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67783WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness208.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.56:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4
Inverted#641B20

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DCDDDFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original
Deuteranopia#CED3E0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.5 from the original
Tritanopia#81E8E2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 6Powder blue · ΔE 10.1Light blue · ΔE 14.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.8Light cyan · ΔE 18.2Sky blue · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 5.99, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E49BA0
Analogous#9BE4BB, #9BC4E4
Triadic#DF9BE4, #E4DF9B
Split complementary#E49BC4, #E4BB9B
Tetradic#BB9BE4, #E49BA0, #C5E49B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EBFAF9
Lighter +10%#C3EFEC
Darker −10%#73D9D2
Darker −20%#4BCEC5
Darker −30%#31B5AC
Darker −40%#268D86
More saturated +25%#8BF4ED
Less saturated −25%#ABD4D1

Channel breakdown

R155
G228
B223
Red155 (60.8%)
Green228 (89.4%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue175.89°
Saturation (HSL)57.48%
Lightness75.1%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 9B · G E4 · B DF

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