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Recognised as Colour

#9FE0FF

  • #9FE0FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#9FE0FF is a cyan with RGB values 159, 224, 255 and HSL 199°, 100%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#9FE0FF#9FE0FF
HEX#9FE0FF
RGBrgb(159, 224, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.8784, 1
RGB percentages62.4%, 87.8%, 100%
HSLhsl(199.4, 100%, 81.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.4, 37.6%, 100%)
CMYK37.6%, 12.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,477,823
CSS custom property--colour: #9FE0FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67902WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness210.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.58:1
Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4
Inverted#601F00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D0DDFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16 from the original
Deuteranopia#C2D2FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Tritanopia#7BE9EAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 7Light skyblue · ΔE 9.6Light blue · ΔE 10.5Powder blue · ΔE 13.6Light steelblue · ΔE 15.3Pale turquoise · ΔE 17.1
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 7.01, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFBE9F
Analogous#9FFFEE, #9FB0FF
Triadic#FF9FE0, #E0FF9F
Split complementary#FF9FB0, #FFEE9F
Tetradic#EE9FFF, #FFBE9F, #B0FF9F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D2F0FF
Darker −10%#6CD0FF
Darker −20%#39BFFF
Darker −30%#06AFFF
Darker −40%#008ED2
More saturated +25%#9FE0FF
Less saturated −25%#ABDCF3

Channel breakdown

R159
G224
B255
Red159 (62.4%)
Green224 (87.8%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue199.38°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness81.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9F · G E0 · B FF

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