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Recognised as Colour

#9EF8FD

  • #9EF8FD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#9EF8FD is a cyan with RGB values 158, 248, 253 and HSL 183°, 96%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#9EF8FD#9EF8FD
HEX#9EF8FD
RGBrgb(158, 248, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.9725, 0.9922
RGB percentages62%, 97.3%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(183.2, 96%, 80.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183.2, 37.5%, 99.2%)
CMYK37.5%, 2%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,418,429
CSS custom property--colour: #9EF8FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81496WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness225.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.3:1
Contrast with white1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E5E5E5
Inverted#610702

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ECF0FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#DBE4FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.9 from the original
Tritanopia#76FEF9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.21:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 7.8Powder blue · ΔE 13.4Light blue · ΔE 17Light cyan · ΔE 18.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.6Sky blue · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 7.84, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDA39E
Analogous#9EFDD3, #9EC9FD
Triadic#FD9EF8, #F8FD9E
Split complementary#FD9EC9, #FDD29E
Tetradic#D39EFD, #FDA39E, #C9FD9E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D0FCFE
Darker −10%#6CF4FC
Darker −20%#3AF1FB
Darker −30%#08EDFA
Darker −40%#04C0CB
More saturated +25%#9CFAFF
Less saturated −25%#AAEDF1

Channel breakdown

R158
G248
B253
Red158 (62%)
Green248 (97.3%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue183.16°
Saturation (HSL)95.96%
Lightness80.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9E · G F8 · B FD

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