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Recognised as Colour

#9FD9CA

  • #9FD9CA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#9FD9CA is a cyan with RGB values 159, 217, 202 and HSL 164°, 43%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#9FD9CA#9FD9CA
HEX#9FD9CA
RGBrgb(159, 217, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.851, 0.7922
RGB percentages62.4%, 85.1%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(164.5, 43.3%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(164.5, 26.7%, 85.1%)
CMYK26.7%, 0%, 6.9%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,475,978
CSS custom property--colour: #9FD9CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61261WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.25:1
Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#602635

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D5D2C9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#CACACBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.9 from the original
Tritanopia#8FDBD4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 11Powder blue · ΔE 12.6Light blue · ΔE 16.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.3Dark seagreen · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 11.03, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D99FAE
Analogous#9FD9AD, #9FCBD9
Triadic#CA9FD9, #D9CA9F
Split complementary#D99FCB, #D9AD9F
Tetradic#AD9FD9, #D99FAE, #CBD99F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E8F6F2
Lighter +10%#C4E7DE
Darker −10%#7ACBB6
Darker −20%#56BCA2
Darker −30%#3FA087
Darker −40%#317B68
More saturated +25%#8EEAD2
Less saturated −25%#B0C8C2

Channel breakdown

R159
G217
B202
Red159 (62.4%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue164.48°
Saturation (HSL)43.28%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 9F · G D9 · B CA

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