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Recognised as Colour

#9EE6DB

  • #9EE6DB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#9EE6DB is a cyan with RGB values 158, 230, 219 and HSL 171°, 59%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#9EE6DB#9EE6DB
HEX#9EE6DB
RGBrgb(158, 230, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.902, 0.8588
RGB percentages62%, 90.2%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(170.8, 59%, 76.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.8, 31.3%, 90.2%)
CMYK31.3%, 0%, 4.8%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,413,787
CSS custom property--colour: #9EE6DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68977WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.8:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6
Inverted#611924

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DFDEDBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#D2D4DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.6 from the original
Tritanopia#87E9E2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 7.7Powder blue · ΔE 12.3Light blue · ΔE 17Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.2Light cyan · ΔE 18.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 7.7, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E69EA9
Analogous#9EE6B7, #9ECDE6
Triadic#DB9EE6, #E6DB9E
Split complementary#E69ECD, #E6B79E
Tetradic#B79EE6, #E69EA9, #CDE69E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EFFBF9
Lighter +10%#C7F0EA
Darker −10%#75DCCC
Darker −20%#4DD1BD
Darker −30%#30BBA6
Darker −40%#269282
More saturated +25%#8FF5E6
Less saturated −25%#ADD7D0

Channel breakdown

R158
G230
B219
Red158 (62%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue170.83°
Saturation (HSL)59.02%
Lightness76.08%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 9E · G E6 · B DB

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