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Recognised as Colour

#9FF2FC

  • #9FF2FC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#9FF2FC is a cyan with RGB values 159, 242, 252 and HSL 186°, 94%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#9FF2FC#9FF2FC
HEX#9FF2FC
RGBrgb(159, 242, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.6235, 0.949, 0.9882
RGB percentages62.4%, 94.9%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(186.5, 93.9%, 80.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.5, 36.9%, 98.8%)
CMYK36.9%, 4%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,482,428
CSS custom property--colour: #9FF2FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77903WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness221.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.58:1
Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1
Inverted#600D03

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E6EBFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6DFFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.5 from the original
Tritanopia#7AF8F5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 7.1Powder blue · ΔE 10.9Light blue · ΔE 13.7Sky blue · ΔE 16.3Light cyan · ΔE 17.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 7.12, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FCA99F
Analogous#9FFCD8, #9FC3FC
Triadic#FC9FF2, #F2FC9F
Split complementary#FC9FC3, #FCD89F
Tetradic#D89FFC, #FCA99F, #C3FC9F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D0F9FE
Darker −10%#6EEBFA
Darker −20%#3CE5F9
Darker −30%#0BDEF7
Darker −40%#06B4C9
More saturated +25%#9CF4FF
Less saturated −25%#ABE8F0

Channel breakdown

R159
G242
B252
Red159 (62.4%)
Green242 (94.9%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue186.45°
Saturation (HSL)93.94%
Lightness80.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 9F · G F2 · B FC

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