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Recognised as Colour

#9EDFEF

  • #9EDFEF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#9EDFEF is a cyan with RGB values 158, 223, 239 and HSL 192°, 72%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#9EDFEF#9EDFEF
HEX#9EDFEF
RGBrgb(158, 223, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.8745, 0.9373
RGB percentages62%, 87.5%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(191.9, 71.7%, 77.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.9, 33.9%, 93.7%)
CMYK33.9%, 6.7%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,412,015
CSS custom property--colour: #9EDFEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66276WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness207.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.26:1
Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2
Inverted#612010

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3DBF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C6D0EFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Tritanopia#81E6E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 6.5Powder blue · ΔE 6.9Sky blue · ΔE 9.3Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.8Light skyblue · ΔE 16.2Light steelblue · ΔE 16.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 6.53, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFAE9E
Analogous#9EEFD7, #9EB7EF
Triadic#EF9EDF, #DFEF9E
Split complementary#EF9EB7, #EFD79E
Tetradic#D79EEF, #EFAE9E, #B7EF9E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6FCFD
Lighter +10%#CAEDF6
Darker −10%#72D1E8
Darker −20%#46C2E1
Darker −30%#23AFD1
Darker −40%#1B8AA6
More saturated +25%#90E8FD
Less saturated −25%#ACD6E1

Channel breakdown

R158
G223
B239
Red158 (62%)
Green223 (87.5%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue191.85°
Saturation (HSL)71.68%
Lightness77.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G DF · B EF

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