Recognised as Colour

#9ED5DF

#9ED5DF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Light blue

#9ED5DF is a cyan with RGB values 158, 213, 223 and HSL 189°, 50%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#9ED5DF#9ED5DF

HEX#9ED5DF

RGBrgb(158, 213, 223)

RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.8353, 0.8745

RGB percentages62%, 83.5%, 87.5%

HSLhsl(189.2, 50.4%, 74.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(189.2, 29.1%, 87.5%)

CMYK29.1%, 4.5%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,409,439

CSS custom property--colour: #9ED5DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60185WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness199.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.04:1

Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CACACA

Inverted#612A20

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CCD1E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#C0C8DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original

Tritanopia#88DAD8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 4.9 Powder blue · ΔE 5.1 Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.1 Sky blue · ΔE 11 Light steelblue · ΔE 15.1 Light cyan · ΔE 18.3

Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 4.85, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DFA89E

Analogous#9EDFC9, #9EB4DF

Triadic#DF9ED5, #D5DF9E

Split complementary#DF9EB4, #DFC99E

Tetradic#C99EDF, #DFA89E, #B5DF9E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#EBF6F8

Lighter +10%#C4E6EC

Darker −10%#78C4D2

Darker −20%#51B4C6

Darker −30%#399AAB

Darker −40%#2C7785

More saturated +25%#8EE0EF

Less saturated −25%#AECACF

Channel breakdown

R158

G213

B223

Red158 (62%)

Green213 (83.5%)

Blue223 (87.5%)

Hue189.23°

Saturation (HSL)50.39%

Lightness74.71%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 9E · G D5 · B DF

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

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