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Recognised as Colour

#9ED6CA

  • #9ED6CA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#9ED6CA is a cyan with RGB values 158, 214, 202 and HSL 167°, 41%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#9ED6CA#9ED6CA
HEX#9ED6CA
RGBrgb(158, 214, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.8392, 0.7922
RGB percentages62%, 83.9%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(167.1, 40.6%, 72.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(167.1, 26.2%, 83.9%)
CMYK26.2%, 0%, 5.6%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,409,674
CSS custom property--colour: #9ED6CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59627WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.93:1
Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#612935

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D1CFCAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C7C8CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.8 from the original
Tritanopia#8ED8D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.7Powder blue · ΔE 11.2Light blue · ΔE 15.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.5Light cyan · ΔE 19.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 10.67, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D69EAA
Analogous#9ED6AE, #9EC6D6
Triadic#CA9ED6, #D6CA9E
Split complementary#D69EC6, #D6AE9E
Tetradic#AE9ED6, #D69EAA, #C6D69E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6F4F1
Lighter +10%#C2E5DE
Darker −10%#7AC7B6
Darker −20%#56B8A3
Darker −30%#419A87
Darker −40%#327667
More saturated +25%#8DE7D4
Less saturated −25%#AFC5C0

Channel breakdown

R158
G214
B202
Red158 (62%)
Green214 (83.9%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue167.14°
Saturation (HSL)40.58%
Lightness72.94%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 9E · G D6 · B CA

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