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Recognised as Colour

#9EE6EC

  • #9EE6EC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#9EE6EC is a cyan with RGB values 158, 230, 236 and HSL 185°, 67%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#9EE6EC#9EE6EC
HEX#9EE6EC
RGBrgb(158, 230, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.902, 0.9255
RGB percentages62%, 90.2%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(184.6, 67.2%, 77.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.6, 33.1%, 92.5%)
CMYK33.1%, 2.5%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,413,804
CSS custom property--colour: #9EE6EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69919WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness211.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.98:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#611913

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DCE0EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#CED5ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Tritanopia#81EBE8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 4.9Powder blue · ΔE 7.1Light blue · ΔE 10.5Sky blue · ΔE 14.9Light cyan · ΔE 16.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 4.94, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECA49E
Analogous#9EECCB, #9EBFEC
Triadic#EC9EE6, #E6EC9E
Split complementary#EC9EBF, #ECCB9E
Tetradic#CB9EEC, #ECA49E, #BFEC9E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F3FCFD
Lighter +10%#C9F1F4
Darker −10%#73DBE4
Darker −20%#49D0DB
Darker −30%#27BDCA
Darker −40%#1F959F
More saturated +25%#90F2FB
Less saturated −25%#ADDADE

Channel breakdown

R158
G230
B236
Red158 (62%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue184.62°
Saturation (HSL)67.24%
Lightness77.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G E6 · B EC

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