#9cebea

Color #9cebea

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Pale Turquoise #afeeee · ΔE 5.07 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-200 #a2f4fd · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#9cebea

RGB

rgb(156, 235, 234)

HSL

hsl(179.2, 66.4%, 76.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(179.2, 33.6%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.6%, 0%, 0.4%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(88.17, -24.27, -7.21)

LCH

lch(88.17, 25.32, 196.55)

OKLCH

oklch(88.9%, 0.0774, 194.83)

HWB

hwb(179.2, 61.2%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eb9c9d

Analogous

#9cebc3

#9cebea

#9cc5eb

Triadic

#9cebea

#ea9ceb

#ebea9c

Split-complementary

#9cebea

#eb9cc5

#ebc39c

Tetradic

#9cebea

#9c9deb

#eb9c9d

#ebea9c

Square

#9cebea

#c39ceb

#eb9c9d

#c5eb9c

Shades

Color #9cebea mixed toward black.

#66e0de

#30d5d3

#21a3a1

#166c6b

#0b3636

Tints

Color #9cebea mixed toward white.

#adeeed

#bdf2f1

#cef5f4

#def8f8

#effcfb

Tones

Color #9cebea mixed toward gray.

#a3e4e4

#a9dedd

#b0d7d7

#b6d1d0

#bdcaca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.49:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c3c4ea · ΔE 26.3

Deuteranopia

#bfb8ea · ΔE 28.9

Tritanopia

#a1eaea · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#dddddd · ΔE 19.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #9cebea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9cebea]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#9cebea (#9cebea) is rgb(156, 235, 234) in RGB.

No, #9cebea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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