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Colour

#9DE6FF

  • #9DE6FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#9DE6FF is a cyan with RGB values 157, 230, 255 and HSL 195°, 100%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#9DE6FF#9DE6FF
HEX#9DE6FF
RGBrgb(157, 230, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.902, 1
RGB percentages61.6%, 90.2%, 100%
HSLhsl(195.3, 100%, 80.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.3, 38.4%, 100%)
CMYK38.4%, 9.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,348,287
CSS custom property--colour: #9DE6FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70982WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.2:1
Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#621900

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7E2FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8D6FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Tritanopia#77EEEEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 8.7Light blue · ΔE 10.3Powder blue · ΔE 11.6Light skyblue · ΔE 13.3Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.5Light steelblue · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 8.67, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFB69D
Analogous#9DFFE7, #9DB5FF
Triadic#FF9DE6, #E6FF9D
Split complementary#FF9DB5, #FFE79D
Tetradic#E79DFF, #FFB69D, #B5FF9D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D0F3FF
Darker −10%#6AD9FF
Darker −20%#37CCFF
Darker −30%#04BFFF
Darker −40%#009BD0
More saturated +25%#9DE6FF
Less saturated −25%#A9E0F3

Channel breakdown

R157
G230
B255
Red157 (61.6%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue195.31°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness80.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9D · G E6 · B FF

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