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Recognised as Colour

#9FE6ED

  • #9FE6ED
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#9FE6ED is a cyan with RGB values 159, 230, 237 and HSL 185°, 68%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#9FE6ED#9FE6ED
HEX#9FE6ED
RGBrgb(159, 230, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.902, 0.9294
RGB percentages62.4%, 90.2%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(185.4, 68.4%, 77.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.4, 32.9%, 92.9%)
CMYK32.9%, 3%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,479,341
CSS custom property--colour: #9FE6ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70079WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness212.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.02:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#601912

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DCE0EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#CED6EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.2 from the original
Tritanopia#82EBE8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 5.1Powder blue · ΔE 6.7Light blue · ΔE 10Sky blue · ΔE 14.4Light cyan · ΔE 16.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 5.11, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDA69F
Analogous#9FEDCD, #9FBFED
Triadic#ED9FE6, #E6ED9F
Split complementary#ED9FBF, #EDCD9F
Tetradic#CD9FED, #EDA69F, #BFED9F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F5FCFD
Lighter +10%#CAF1F5
Darker −10%#74DBE5
Darker −20%#49D0DD
Darker −30%#26BECD
Darker −40%#1E96A2
More saturated +25%#91F2FB
Less saturated −25%#ADDADF

Channel breakdown

R159
G230
B237
Red159 (62.4%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue185.38°
Saturation (HSL)68.42%
Lightness77.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9F · G E6 · B ED

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