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#A9FDFF

#a9fdff ≈ Celeste

  • cyan
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a9fdff is a color from the cyan family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.27% red, 99.22% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 33.73% cyan, 0.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 181.4°, with 100% saturation and 83.14% 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 18.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Celeste (#b2ffff), ΔE 1.24.

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Web safe#99ffff
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Relative luminance0.8591

Complementary

  1. #a9fdff
  2. #ffaba9

Split complementary

  1. #a9fdff
  2. #ffa9d2
  3. #ffd6a9

Analogous

  1. #a9ffd6
  2. #a9fdff
  3. #a9d2ff

Triadic

  1. #a9fdff
  2. #ffa9fd
  3. #fdffa9

Tetradic

  1. #a9fdff
  2. #aba9ff
  3. #ffaba9
  4. #fdffa9

Square

  1. #a9fdff
  2. #d6a9ff
  3. #ffaba9
  4. #d2ffa9

Monochromatic

  1. #10f9ff
  2. #5dfbff
  3. #a9fdff
  4. #ebffff
  5. #ebffff

Shades

#a9fdff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a9fdff
  2. #98e4e6
  3. #87cacc
  4. #76b1b3
  5. #659899
  6. #557f80
  7. #446566
  8. #334c4d
  9. #223333
  10. #11191a
  11. #000000

Tints

#a9fdff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a9fdff
  2. #b2fdff
  3. #bafdff
  4. #c3feff
  5. #cbfeff
  6. #d4feff
  7. #ddfeff
  8. #e5feff
  9. #eeffff
  10. #f6ffff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a9fdff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a9fdff
  2. #a5f1f2
  3. #a1e4e6
  4. #9dd8d9
  5. #99cbcc
  6. #95bfc0
  7. #90b2b3
  8. #8ca6a6
  9. #889999
  10. #848d8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 18.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #eeeeee ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d6f4f5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f2f5ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e2eaff ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #87fffd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d9f9ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cef2ff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #96fffe ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a9fdff {
  color: #a9fdff;
}
Background
.bg-a9fdff {
  background-color: #a9fdff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a9fdff {
  border: 2px solid #a9fdff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a9fdff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 169 253 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 181 100% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a9fdff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a9fdff, #a9d2ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a9fdff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(169 253 255 / 0.35);
}

#b2ffff Celeste ΔE 1.24 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 3.96 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 4.39 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 8.26 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 9.10 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 9.10 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 9.80 #560200 Inverted #eeeeee Grayscale 

Celeste
#a9fdff  rgb(169, 253, 255)  hsl(181, 100%, 83%)  Celeste
#ffaba9  rgb(255, 171, 169)  hsl(1, 100%, 83%)  Melon
#ffa9fd  rgb(255, 169, 253)  hsl(301, 100%, 83%)  Plum
#fdffa9  rgb(253, 255, 169)  hsl(61, 100%, 83%)  Pastel Yellow