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Recognised as Colour

#9EE3EE

  • #9EE3EE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#9EE3EE is a cyan with RGB values 158, 227, 238 and HSL 188°, 70%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#9EE3EE#9EE3EE
HEX#9EE3EE
RGBrgb(158, 227, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.8902, 0.9333
RGB percentages62%, 89%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(188.3, 70.2%, 77.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.3, 33.6%, 93.3%)
CMYK33.6%, 4.6%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,413,038
CSS custom property--colour: #9EE3EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6838WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness210.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.68:1
Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5
Inverted#611C11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8DEEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#CAD3EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Tritanopia#80E9E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 6.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 7Light blue · ΔE 8.3Sky blue · ΔE 12.1Light cyan · ΔE 17.2Light skyblue · ΔE 19.3
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 6.37, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEA99E
Analogous#9EEED1, #9EBBEE
Triadic#EE9EE3, #E3EE9E
Split complementary#EE9EBB, #EED19E
Tetradic#D19EEE, #EEA99E, #BBEE9E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F5FCFD
Lighter +10%#C9F0F6
Darker −10%#73D6E6
Darker −20%#47CADF
Darker −30%#24B7CF
Darker −40%#1D91A3
More saturated +25%#90EDFC
Less saturated −25%#ACD9E0

Channel breakdown

R158
G227
B238
Red158 (62%)
Green227 (89%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue188.25°
Saturation (HSL)70.18%
Lightness77.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G E3 · B EE

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