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Recognised as Colour

#9FD7CD

  • #9FD7CD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#9FD7CD is a cyan with RGB values 159, 215, 205 and HSL 169°, 41%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#9FD7CD#9FD7CD
HEX#9FD7CD
RGBrgb(159, 215, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.8431, 0.8039
RGB percentages62.4%, 84.3%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(169.3, 41.2%, 73.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169.3, 26%, 84.3%)
CMYK26%, 0%, 4.7%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,475,469
CSS custom property--colour: #9FD7CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6038WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.08:1
Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#602832

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2D1CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C7C9CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original
Tritanopia#8FD9D4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.7Powder blue · ΔE 10.1Light blue · ΔE 14.1Light cyan · ΔE 18.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.6Light grey · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 9.73, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D79FA9
Analogous#9FD7B1, #9FC5D7
Triadic#CD9FD7, #D7CD9F
Split complementary#D79FC5, #D7B19F
Tetradic#B19FD7, #D79FA9, #C5D79F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E7F5F3
Lighter +10%#C3E6E0
Darker −10%#7BC8BA
Darker −20%#57B9A8
Darker −30%#419C8C
Darker −40%#32786C
More saturated +25%#8EE8D8
Less saturated −25%#B0C6C2

Channel breakdown

R159
G215
B205
Red159 (62.4%)
Green215 (84.3%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue169.29°
Saturation (HSL)41.18%
Lightness73.33%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 9F · G D7 · B CD

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