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#9CFDFA

#9cfdfa ≈ Celeste

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9cfdfa is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.18% red, 99.22% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 38.34% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.19% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 178.14°, with 96.04% saturation and 80.2% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 17.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Celeste (#b2ffff), ΔE 3.05.

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Web safe#99ffff
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Relative luminance0.8422

Complementary

  1. #9cfdfa
  2. #fd9c9f

Split complementary

  1. #9cfdfa
  2. #fd9cd0
  3. #fdca9c

Analogous

  1. #9cfdca
  2. #9cfdfa
  3. #9cd0fd

Triadic

  1. #9cfdfa
  2. #fa9cfd
  3. #fdfa9c

Tetradic

  1. #9cfdfa
  2. #9c9ffd
  3. #fd9c9f
  4. #fdfa9c

Square

  1. #9cfdfa
  2. #ca9cfd
  3. #fd9c9f
  4. #d0fd9c

Monochromatic

  1. #06faf2
  2. #51fbf6
  3. #9cfdfa
  4. #e7fffe
  5. #ebfffe

Shades

#9cfdfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9cfdfa
  2. #8ce4e1
  3. #7dcac8
  4. #6db1af
  5. #5e9896
  6. #4e7f7d
  7. #3e6564
  8. #2f4c4b
  9. #1f3332
  10. #101919
  11. #000000

Tints

#9cfdfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9cfdfa
  2. #a6fdfb
  3. #b0fdfb
  4. #bafefc
  5. #c4fefc
  6. #cefefd
  7. #d7fefd
  8. #e1fefe
  9. #ebfffe
  10. #f5ffff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9cfdfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9cfdfa
  2. #99f1ee
  3. #96e4e2
  4. #94d8d5
  5. #91cbc9
  6. #8ebfbd
  7. #8bb2b1
  8. #88a6a5
  9. #869998
  10. #838d8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ececec ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d1f3f2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f2f4fa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e1e7fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #73fffc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d5f8fa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c9f0fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #85fffb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9cfdfa {
  color: #9cfdfa;
}
Background
.bg-9cfdfa {
  background-color: #9cfdfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9cfdfa {
  border: 2px solid #9cfdfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9cfdfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 156 253 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 178 96% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9cfdfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9cfdfa, #9cd0fd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9cfdfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(156 253 250 / 0.35);
}

#b2ffff Celeste ΔE 3.05 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 3.90 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 5.31 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 7.31 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 7.31 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 8.79 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 9.37 #630205 Inverted #ececec Grayscale 

Celeste
#9cfdfa  rgb(156, 253, 250)  hsl(178, 96%, 80%)  Celeste
#fd9c9f  rgb(253, 156, 159)  hsl(358, 96%, 80%)  Salmon Pink
#fa9cfd  rgb(250, 156, 253)  hsl(298, 96%, 80%)  Violet
#fdfa9c  rgb(253, 250, 156)  hsl(58, 96%, 80%)  Pastel Yellow