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Recognised as Colour

#9EEEE5

  • #9EEEE5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#9EEEE5 is a cyan with RGB values 158, 238, 229 and HSL 173°, 70%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#9EEEE5#9EEEE5
HEX#9EEEE5
RGBrgb(158, 238, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.9333, 0.898
RGB percentages62%, 93.3%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(173.3, 70.2%, 77.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.3, 33.6%, 93.3%)
CMYK33.6%, 0%, 3.8%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,415,845
CSS custom property--colour: #9EEEE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74075WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.82:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC
Inverted#61111A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6E6E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7DBE6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.2 from the original
Tritanopia#82F2EBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 7.4Powder blue · ΔE 13.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.1Light blue · ΔE 18.2Light cyan · ΔE 18.6Turquoise · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 7.41, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EE9EA7
Analogous#9EEEBD, #9ECFEE
Triadic#E59EEE, #EEE59E
Split complementary#EE9ECF, #EEBD9E
Tetradic#BD9EEE, #EE9EA7, #CFEE9E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F5FDFC
Lighter +10%#C9F6F1
Darker −10%#73E6D9
Darker −20%#47DFCE
Darker −30%#24CFBC
Darker −40%#1DA394
More saturated +25%#90FCF0
Less saturated −25%#ACE0DA

Channel breakdown

R158
G238
B229
Red158 (62%)
Green238 (93.3%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue173.25°
Saturation (HSL)70.18%
Lightness77.65%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 9E · G EE · B E5

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