Recognised as Colour

#9CFDDD

#9CFDDD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#9CFDDD is a cyan with RGB values 156, 253, 221 and HSL 160°, 96%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

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HEX#9CFDDD

RGBrgb(156, 253, 221)

RGB (0–1)0.6118, 0.9922, 0.8667

RGB percentages61.2%, 99.2%, 86.7%

HSLhsl(160.2, 96%, 80.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(160.2, 38.3%, 99.2%)

CMYK38.3%, 0%, 12.6%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,288,605

CSS custom property--colour: #9CFDDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82539WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness224.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.51:1

Contrast with white1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6

Inverted#630222

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F8F1DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#E7E6DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.9 from the original

Tritanopia#7FFEF3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.2:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 10.5 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.4 Turquoise · ΔE 17.7 Pale turquoise · ΔE 20.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.7 Aqua · ΔE 24

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 10.46, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FD9CBC

Analogous#9CFDAC, #9CEDFD

Triadic#DD9CFD, #FDDD9C

Split complementary#FD9CED, #FDAC9C

Tetradic#AC9CFD, #FD9CBC, #EDFD9C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#CEFEEE

Darker −10%#6AFCCC

Darker −20%#38FBBB

Darker −30%#06FAA9

Darker −40%#04C988

More saturated +25%#9AFFDE

Less saturated −25%#A9F0D9

Channel breakdown

R156

G253

B221

Red156 (61.2%)

Green253 (99.2%)

Blue221 (86.7%)

Hue160.21°

Saturation (HSL)96.04%

Lightness80.2%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 9C · G FD · B DD

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Colour harmonies

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