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Recognised as Colour

#9BEFFE

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

#9BEFFE is a cyan with RGB values 155, 239, 254 and HSL 189°, 98%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#9BEFFE#9BEFFE
HEX#9BEFFE
RGBrgb(155, 239, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.6078, 0.9373, 0.9961
RGB percentages60.8%, 93.7%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(189.1, 98%, 80.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189.1, 39%, 99.6%)
CMYK39%, 5.9%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,219,518
CSS custom property--colour: #9BEFFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75857WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.17:1
Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#641001

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E1E9FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1DCFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.1 from the original
Tritanopia#72F6F3no 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 text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.1Powder blue · ΔE 11.2Light blue · ΔE 13Sky blue · ΔE 14Light cyan · ΔE 18.6Light skyblue · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 9.11, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEAA9B
Analogous#9BFEDC, #9BBEFE
Triadic#FE9BEF, #EFFE9B
Split complementary#FE9BBD, #FEDC9B
Tetradic#DC9BFE, #FEAA9B, #BDFE9B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#CDF7FF
Darker −10%#69E7FD
Darker −20%#36DFFD
Darker −30%#04D7FC
Darker −40%#02ADCB
More saturated +25%#9AF0FF
Less saturated −25%#A8E6F1

Channel breakdown

R155
G239
B254
Red155 (60.8%)
Green239 (93.7%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue189.09°
Saturation (HSL)98.02%
Lightness80.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9B · G EF · B FE

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