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Recognised as Colour

#9DEFFF

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

#9DEFFF is a cyan with RGB values 157, 239, 255 and HSL 190°, 100%, 81%. 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

#9DEFFF#9DEFFF
HEX#9DEFFF
RGBrgb(157, 239, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.9373, 1
RGB percentages61.6%, 93.7%, 100%
HSLhsl(189.8, 100%, 80.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189.8, 38.4%, 100%)
CMYK38.4%, 6.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,350,591
CSS custom property--colour: #9DEFFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76121WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.22:1
Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF
Inverted#621000

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E1E9FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1DDFFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24 from the original
Tritanopia#75F6F4no 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 text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.3Powder blue · ΔE 10.9Light blue · ΔE 12.5Sky blue · ΔE 13.6Light cyan · ΔE 18.3Light skyblue · ΔE 19.3
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 9.29, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFAD9D
Analogous#9DFFDE, #9DBEFF
Triadic#FF9DEF, #EFFF9D
Split complementary#FF9DBE, #FFDE9D
Tetradic#DE9DFF, #FFAD9D, #BEFF9D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D0F7FF
Darker −10%#6AE7FF
Darker −20%#37DEFF
Darker −30%#04D6FF
Darker −40%#00AED0
More saturated +25%#9DEFFF
Less saturated −25%#A9E7F3

Channel breakdown

R157
G239
B255
Red157 (61.6%)
Green239 (93.7%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue189.8°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness80.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9D · G EF · B FF

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