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Recognised as Colour

#9EEAE5

  • #9EEAE5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#9EEAE5 is a cyan with RGB values 158, 234, 229 and HSL 176°, 64%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#9EEAE5#9EEAE5
HEX#9EEAE5
RGBrgb(158, 234, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.9176, 0.898
RGB percentages62%, 91.8%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(176.1, 64.4%, 76.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.1, 32.5%, 91.8%)
CMYK32.5%, 0%, 2.1%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,414,821
CSS custom property--colour: #9EEAE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71772WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness213.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.35:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#61151A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2E2E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#D4D8E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.8 from the original
Tritanopia#83EEE8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 5.4Powder blue · ΔE 10.9Light blue · ΔE 15.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.3Light cyan · ΔE 17.7Sky blue · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 5.41, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EA9EA3
Analogous#9EEABF, #9EC9EA
Triadic#E59EEA, #EAE59E
Split complementary#EA9EC9, #EABF9E
Tetradic#BF9EEA, #EA9EA3, #C9EA9E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F2FCFB
Lighter +10%#C8F3F0
Darker −10%#74E1DA
Darker −20%#4AD8CF
Darker −30%#2BC4BA
Darker −40%#219B93
More saturated +25%#8FF9F2
Less saturated −25%#ADDBD8

Channel breakdown

R158
G234
B229
Red158 (62%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue176.05°
Saturation (HSL)64.41%
Lightness76.86%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 9E · G EA · B E5

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