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Recognised as Colour

#9DF5FD

  • #9DF5FD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#9DF5FD is a cyan with RGB values 157, 245, 253 and HSL 185°, 96%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#9DF5FD#9DF5FD
HEX#9DF5FD
RGBrgb(157, 245, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6157, 0.9608, 0.9922
RGB percentages61.6%, 96.1%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(185, 96%, 80.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185, 37.9%, 99.2%)
CMYK37.9%, 3.2%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,352,125
CSS custom property--colour: #9DF5FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79565WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness223.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.91:1
Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E3E3E3
Inverted#620A02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E9EEFEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#D8E1FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original
Tritanopia#75FBF7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 7.6Powder blue · ΔE 12.4Light blue · ΔE 15.6Sky blue · ΔE 18Light cyan · ΔE 18.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 7.65, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDA59D
Analogous#9DFDD5, #9DC5FD
Triadic#FD9DF5, #F5FD9D
Split complementary#FD9DC5, #FDD59D
Tetradic#D59DFD, #FDA59D, #C5FD9D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#CFFAFE
Darker −10%#6BF0FC
Darker −20%#39EBFB
Darker −30%#07E6FA
Darker −40%#04B9CA
More saturated +25%#9BF7FF
Less saturated −25%#AAEBF1

Channel breakdown

R157
G245
B253
Red157 (61.6%)
Green245 (96.1%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue185°
Saturation (HSL)96%
Lightness80.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9D · G F5 · B FD

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