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Recognised as Colour

#9FE3DC

  • #9FE3DC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#9FE3DC is a cyan with RGB values 159, 227, 220 and HSL 174°, 55%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#9FE3DC#9FE3DC
HEX#9FE3DC
RGBrgb(159, 227, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.8902, 0.8627
RGB percentages62.4%, 89%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(173.8, 54.8%, 75.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.8, 30%, 89%)
CMYK30%, 0%, 3.1%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,478,556
CSS custom property--colour: #9FE3DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67476WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness208.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.5:1
Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4
Inverted#601C23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DCDCDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23 from the original
Deuteranopia#CFD2DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original
Tritanopia#89E6E1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 6.1Powder blue · ΔE 9.8Light blue · ΔE 14.4Light cyan · ΔE 17.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.8Sky blue · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 6.08, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E39FA6
Analogous#9FE3BA, #9FC8E3
Triadic#DC9FE3, #E3DC9F
Split complementary#E39FC8, #E3BA9F
Tetradic#BA9FE3, #E39FA6, #C8E39F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EEFAF9
Lighter +10%#C6EFEA
Darker −10%#78D7CE
Darker −20%#50CCBF
Darker −30%#35B4A7
Darker −40%#298D83
More saturated +25%#90F3E8
Less saturated −25%#AFD3D0

Channel breakdown

R159
G227
B220
Red159 (62.4%)
Green227 (89%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue173.82°
Saturation (HSL)54.84%
Lightness75.69%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 9F · G E3 · B DC

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