Recognised as Colour

#9EE8DF

#9EE8DF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Pale turquoise

#9EE8DF is a cyan with RGB values 158, 232, 223 and HSL 173°, 62%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#9EE8DF#9EE8DF

HEX#9EE8DF

RGBrgb(158, 232, 223)

RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.9098, 0.8745

RGB percentages62%, 91%, 87.5%

HSLhsl(172.7, 61.7%, 76.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(172.7, 31.9%, 91%)

CMYK31.9%, 0%, 3.9%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,414,303

CSS custom property--colour: #9EE8DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7031WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness211.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.06:1

Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8

Inverted#611720

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E1E0DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#D3D6E0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.8 from the original

Tritanopia#85EBE5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 6.8 Powder blue · ΔE 11.9 Light blue · ΔE 16.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.1 Light cyan · ΔE 18.3 Turquoise · ΔE 20.2

Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 6.83, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#E89EA7

Analogous#9EE8BA, #9ECCE8

Triadic#DF9EE8, #E8DF9E

Split complementary#E89ECC, #E8BA9E

Tetradic#BA9EE8, #E89EA7, #CCE89E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F0FCFA

Lighter +10%#C7F2ED

Darker −10%#75DED1

Darker −20%#4CD4C4

Darker −30%#2DC0AE

Darker −40%#249688

More saturated +25%#8FF7EA

Less saturated −25%#ADD9D4

Channel breakdown

R158

G232

B223

Red158 (62%)

Green232 (91%)

Blue223 (87.5%)

Hue172.7°

Saturation (HSL)61.67%

Lightness76.47%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 9E · G E8 · B DF

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