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Recognised as Colour

#9FD4EE

  • #9FD4EE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#9FD4EE is a cyan with RGB values 159, 212, 238 and HSL 200°, 70%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#9FD4EE#9FD4EE
HEX#9FD4EE
RGBrgb(159, 212, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.8314, 0.9333
RGB percentages62.4%, 83.1%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(199.7, 69.9%, 77.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.7, 33.2%, 93.3%)
CMYK33.2%, 10.9%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,474,734
CSS custom property--colour: #9FD4EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60631WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.13:1
Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#602B11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7D2EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#BBC8EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.7 from the original
Tritanopia#84DBDCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 5.8Light blue · ΔE 7Light skyblue · ΔE 10.5Light steelblue · ΔE 10.8Powder blue · ΔE 11.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.7
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 5.75, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEB99F
Analogous#9FEEE1, #9FADEE
Triadic#EE9FD4, #D4EE9F
Split complementary#EE9FAD, #EEE19F
Tetradic#E19FEE, #EEB99F, #ACEE9F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6FBFD
Lighter +10%#CAE7F6
Darker −10%#74C1E6
Darker −20%#48ADDF
Darker −30%#2597CF
Darker −40%#1D78A4
More saturated +25%#91D9FC
Less saturated −25%#ADCFE0

Channel breakdown

R159
G212
B238
Red159 (62.4%)
Green212 (83.1%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue199.75°
Saturation (HSL)69.91%
Lightness77.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9F · G D4 · B EE

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