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Recognised as Colour

#9BE6CD

  • #9BE6CD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#9BE6CD is a cyan with RGB values 155, 230, 205 and HSL 160°, 60%, 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 Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#9BE6CD#9BE6CD
HEX#9BE6CD
RGBrgb(155, 230, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.902, 0.8039
RGB percentages60.8%, 90.2%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(160, 60%, 75.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(160, 32.6%, 90.2%)
CMYK32.6%, 0%, 10.9%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,217,165
CSS custom property--colour: #9BE6CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6797WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness207.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.59:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4
Inverted#641932

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2DDCCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D5D3CFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.6 from the original
Tritanopia#87E7DEno 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 text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.3Turquoise · ΔE 18.5Aquamarine · ΔE 18.7Powder blue · ΔE 19.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 14.66, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E69BB4
Analogous#9BE6A7, #9BDAE6
Triadic#CD9BE6, #E6CD9B
Split complementary#E69BD9, #E6A89B
Tetradic#A89BE6, #E69BB4, #DAE69B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EDFAF6
Lighter +10%#C4F0E1
Darker −10%#72DCB9
Darker −20%#49D2A4
Darker −30%#2EBA8B
Darker −40%#24916D
More saturated +25%#8BF6D2
Less saturated −25%#ABD6C8

Channel breakdown

R155
G230
B205
Red155 (60.8%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue160°
Saturation (HSL)60%
Lightness75.49%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 9B · G E6 · B CD

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