Colour

#9FDAEA

#9FDAEA
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Light blue

#9FDAEA is a cyan with RGB values 159, 218, 234 and HSL 193°, 64%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#9FDAEA#9FDAEA

HEX#9FDAEA

RGBrgb(159, 218, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.8549, 0.9176

RGB percentages62.4%, 85.5%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(192.8, 64.1%, 77.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(192.8, 32.1%, 91.8%)

CMYK32.1%, 6.8%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,476,266

CSS custom property--colour: #9FDAEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63454WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness204.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.69:1

Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF

Inverted#602515

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CFD6EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17 from the original

Deuteranopia#C3CDEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original

Tritanopia#85E0DFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 4.7 Powder blue · ΔE 6.4 Sky blue · ΔE 8.6 Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.9 Light steelblue · ΔE 14.7 Light skyblue · ΔE 15.7

Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 4.75, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EAAF9F

Analogous#9FEAD4, #9FB5EA

Triadic#EA9FDA, #DAEA9F

Split complementary#EA9FB5, #EAD59F

Tetradic#D49FEA, #EAAF9F, #B4EA9F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F3FAFC

Lighter +10%#C9EAF3

Darker −10%#75CAE1

Darker −20%#4BBAD8

Darker −30%#2BA4C5

Darker −40%#22819B

More saturated +25%#90E2F9

Less saturated −25%#AED2DB

Channel breakdown

R159

G218

B234

Red159 (62.4%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue192.8°

Saturation (HSL)64.1%

Lightness77.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 9F · G DA · B EA

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Colour values

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