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Recognised as Colour

#9EEFEE

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

#9EEFEE is a cyan with RGB values 158, 239, 238 and HSL 179°, 72%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#9EEFEE#9EEFEE
HEX#9EEFEE
RGBrgb(158, 239, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.9373, 0.9333
RGB percentages62%, 93.7%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(179.3, 71.7%, 77.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(179.3, 33.9%, 93.7%)
CMYK33.9%, 0%, 0.4%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,416,110
CSS custom property--colour: #9EEFEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75175WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.04:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#611011

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E5E7EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6DCEFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.6 from the original
Tritanopia#7EF4EEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 5.3Powder blue · ΔE 11.2Light blue · ΔE 15.5Light cyan · ΔE 17.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.8Sky blue · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 5.25, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EF9E9F
Analogous#9EEFC5, #9EC8EF
Triadic#EE9EEF, #EFEE9E
Split complementary#EF9EC8, #EFC59E
Tetradic#C69EEF, #EF9E9F, #C8EF9E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6FDFD
Lighter +10%#CAF6F6
Darker −10%#72E8E6
Darker −20%#46E1DF
Darker −30%#23D1CF
Darker −40%#1BA6A4
More saturated +25%#90FDFC
Less saturated −25%#ACE1E0

Channel breakdown

R158
G239
B238
Red158 (62%)
Green239 (93.7%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue179.26°
Saturation (HSL)71.68%
Lightness77.84%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 9E · G EF · B EE

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