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Recognised as Colour

#9FE7FF

  • #9FE7FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#9FE7FF is a cyan with RGB values 159, 231, 255 and HSL 195°, 100%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#9FE7FF#9FE7FF
HEX#9FE7FF
RGBrgb(159, 231, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.9059, 1
RGB percentages62.4%, 90.6%, 100%
HSLhsl(195, 100%, 81.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195, 37.6%, 100%)
CMYK37.6%, 9.4%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,479,615
CSS custom property--colour: #9FE7FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71743WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.35:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#601800

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8E3FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9D7FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Tritanopia#7AEFEEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9.2Light blue · ΔE 10Powder blue · ΔE 11.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.9Light skyblue · ΔE 13.9Light steelblue · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.17, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFB79F
Analogous#9FFFE7, #9FB7FF
Triadic#FF9FE7, #E7FF9F
Split complementary#FF9FB7, #FFE79F
Tetradic#E79FFF, #FFB79F, #B7FF9F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D2F4FF
Darker −10%#6CDAFF
Darker −20%#39CEFF
Darker −30%#06C1FF
Darker −40%#009ED2
More saturated +25%#9FE7FF
Less saturated −25%#ABE1F3

Channel breakdown

R159
G231
B255
Red159 (62.4%)
Green231 (90.6%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue195°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness81.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9F · G E7 · B FF

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