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Recognised as Colour

#9FE6DF

  • #9FE6DF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#9FE6DF is a cyan with RGB values 159, 230, 223 and HSL 174°, 59%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#9FE6DF#9FE6DF
HEX#9FE6DF
RGBrgb(159, 230, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.902, 0.8745
RGB percentages62.4%, 90.2%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(174.1, 58.7%, 76.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174.1, 30.9%, 90.2%)
CMYK30.9%, 0%, 3%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,479,327
CSS custom property--colour: #9FE6DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69292WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness210.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.86:1
Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6
Inverted#601920

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DFDFDFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1D5E0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Tritanopia#87E9E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 5.8Powder blue · ΔE 10.4Light blue · ΔE 15.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.6Light cyan · ΔE 17.6Sky blue · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 5.84, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E69FA6
Analogous#9FE6BB, #9FC9E6
Triadic#DF9FE6, #E6DF9F
Split complementary#E69FC9, #E6BB9F
Tetradic#BC9FE6, #E69FA6, #CAE69F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F0FBFA
Lighter +10%#C7F1EC
Darker −10%#77DBD2
Darker −20%#4ED1C4
Darker −30%#31BBAE
Darker −40%#269388
More saturated +25%#90F5EB
Less saturated −25%#AED7D3

Channel breakdown

R159
G230
B223
Red159 (62.4%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue174.08°
Saturation (HSL)58.68%
Lightness76.27%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 9F · G E6 · B DF

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