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Recognised as Colour

#9CE2FA

  • #9CE2FA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#9CE2FA is a cyan with RGB values 156, 226, 250 and HSL 195°, 90%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#9CE2FA#9CE2FA
HEX#9CE2FA
RGBrgb(156, 226, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.8863, 0.9804
RGB percentages61.2%, 88.6%, 98%
HSLhsl(195.3, 90.4%, 79.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.3, 37.6%, 98%)
CMYK37.6%, 9.6%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,281,722
CSS custom property--colour: #9CE2FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68363WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness210.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.67:1
Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5
Inverted#631D05

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4DEFBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5D3FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.5 from the original
Tritanopia#78EAE9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 7.6Light blue · ΔE 9.1Powder blue · ΔE 10.7Light skyblue · ΔE 12.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.3Light steelblue · ΔE 16.9
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 7.57, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FAB49C
Analogous#9CFAE3, #9CB3FA
Triadic#FA9CE2, #E2FA9C
Split complementary#FA9CB3, #FAE39C
Tetradic#E39CFA, #FAB49C, #B3FA9C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFEFF
Lighter +10%#CDF0FC
Darker −10%#6BD4F8
Darker −20%#3BC6F5
Darker −30%#0CB6F1
Darker −40%#0A92C0
More saturated +25%#97E4FF
Less saturated −25%#A9DCED

Channel breakdown

R156
G226
B250
Red156 (61.2%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue195.32°
Saturation (HSL)90.38%
Lightness79.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9C · G E2 · B FA

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