Colour

#9FFFF3

#9FFFF3
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Pale turquoise

#9FFFF3 is a cyan with RGB values 159, 255, 243 and HSL 173°, 100%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#9FFFF3#9FFFF3

HEX#9FFFF3

RGBrgb(159, 255, 243)

RGB (0–1)0.6235, 1, 0.9529

RGB percentages62.4%, 100%, 95.3%

HSLhsl(172.5, 100%, 81.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(172.5, 37.6%, 100%)

CMYK37.6%, 0%, 4.7%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,485,747

CSS custom property--colour: #9FFFF3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.85362WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness229 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.07:1

Contrast with white1.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black18.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EAEAEA

Inverted#60000C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F6F5F3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#E5E9F4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.9 from the original

Tritanopia#7BFFFBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.16:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text18.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.5 Turquoise · ΔE 18.3 Medium turquoise · ΔE 19 Powder blue · ΔE 19.3 Aquamarine · ΔE 19.5 Aqua · ΔE 20.5

Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 12.47, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FF9FAB

Analogous#9FFFC3, #9FDBFF

Triadic#F39FFF, #FFF39F

Split complementary#FF9FDB, #FFC39F

Tetradic#C39FFF, #FF9FAB, #DBFF9F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#D2FFF9

Darker −10%#6CFFED

Darker −20%#39FFE6

Darker −30%#06FFE0

Darker −40%#00D2B8

More saturated +25%#9FFFF3

Less saturated −25%#ABF3EA

Channel breakdown

R159

G255

B243

Red159 (62.4%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue243 (95.3%)

Hue172.5°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness81.18%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 9F · G FF · B F3

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