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Recognised as Colour

#9CF9EB

  • #9CF9EB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#9CF9EB is a cyan with RGB values 156, 249, 235 and HSL 171°, 89%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#9CF9EB#9CF9EB
HEX#9CF9EB
RGBrgb(156, 249, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.9765, 0.9216
RGB percentages61.2%, 97.6%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(171, 88.6%, 79.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171, 37.3%, 97.6%)
CMYK37.3%, 0%, 5.6%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,287,595
CSS custom property--colour: #9CF9EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80817WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness223.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.16:1
Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E4E4E4
Inverted#630614

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F1EFEBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#E0E3ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.6 from the original
Tritanopia#7AFDF5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.1Turquoise · ΔE 17.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.7Powder blue · ΔE 18.7Aquamarine · ΔE 18.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 12.11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F99CAA
Analogous#9CF9BD, #9CD8F9
Triadic#EB9CF9, #F9EB9C
Split complementary#F99CD9, #F9BD9C
Tetradic#BD9CF9, #F99CAA, #D8F99C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FCFFFE
Lighter +10%#CCFCF5
Darker −10%#6CF6E1
Darker −20%#3CF3D8
Darker −30%#0EEECC
Darker −40%#0BBEA3
More saturated +25%#96FFEF
Less saturated −25%#A9ECE2

Channel breakdown

R156
G249
B235
Red156 (61.2%)
Green249 (97.6%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue170.97°
Saturation (HSL)88.57%
Lightness79.41%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 9C · G F9 · B EB

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