Recognised as Colour

#9EFEF3

#9EFEF3
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Pale turquoise

#9EFEF3 is a cyan with RGB values 158, 254, 243 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

#9EFEF3#9EFEF3

HEX#9EFEF3

RGBrgb(158, 254, 243)

RGB (0–1)0.6196, 0.9961, 0.9529

RGB percentages62%, 99.6%, 95.3%

HSLhsl(173.1, 98%, 80.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(173.1, 37.8%, 99.6%)

CMYK37.8%, 0%, 4.3%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,419,955

CSS custom property--colour: #9EFEF3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84624WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness228.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.92:1

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

Contrast with black17.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E9E9E9

Inverted#61010C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F5F4F3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#E4E8F4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.8 from the original

Tritanopia#7AFFFAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.6 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 text17.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.1 Turquoise · ΔE 18.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.7 Powder blue · ΔE 18.9 Aquamarine · ΔE 20 Aqua · ΔE 20.4

Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 12.06, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FE9EA9

Analogous#9EFEC3, #9ED9FE

Triadic#F39EFE, #FEF39E

Split complementary#FE9ED9, #FEC39E

Tetradic#C39EFE, #FE9EA9, #D9FE9E

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%#6CFDED

Darker −20%#39FDE7

Darker −30%#07FCE0

Darker −40%#02CEB7

More saturated +25%#9DFFF4

Less saturated −25%#AAF2EA

Channel breakdown

R158

G254

B243

Red158 (62%)

Green254 (99.6%)

Blue243 (95.3%)

Hue173.13°

Saturation (HSL)97.96%

Lightness80.78%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 9E · G FE · B F3

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