Colour

#9EFEF2

#9EFEF2
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Pale turquoise

#9EFEF2 is a cyan with RGB values 158, 254, 242 and HSL 173°, 98%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#9EFEF2#9EFEF2

HEX#9EFEF2

RGBrgb(158, 254, 242)

RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.9961, 0.949

RGB percentages62%, 99.6%, 94.9%

HSLhsl(172.5, 98%, 80.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(172.5, 37.8%, 99.6%)

CMYK37.8%, 0%, 4.7%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,419,954

CSS custom property--colour: #9EFEF2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84564WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness228.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.91:1

Contrast with white1.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9

Inverted#61010D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F5F4F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#E4E8F3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.9 from the original

Tritanopia#7AFFFAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.4 Turquoise · ΔE 18 Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.7 Powder blue · ΔE 19.2 Aquamarine · ΔE 19.5 Aqua · ΔE 20.4

Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 12.37, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FE9EAA

Analogous#9EFEC2, #9EDAFE

Triadic#F29EFE, #FEF29E

Split complementary#FE9EDA, #FEC29E

Tetradic#C29EFE, #FE9EAA, #DAFE9E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#D0FFF9

Darker −10%#6CFDEB

Darker −20%#39FDE4

Darker −30%#07FCDE

Darker −40%#02CEB4

More saturated +25%#9DFFF3

Less saturated −25%#AAF2E9

Channel breakdown

R158

G254

B242

Red158 (62%)

Green254 (99.6%)

Blue242 (94.9%)

Hue172.5°

Saturation (HSL)97.96%

Lightness80.78%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 9E · G FE · B F2

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