#9fc8bc Color Information

#9fc8bc Color Information
Details | Shades, Tints, and Tones | Variations | Color Coordinates | Color Schemes | HTML+CSS Examples | Coding & Programming | Color Blindness | Accessibility | Related Colors

The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #9fc8bc. In RGB, it consists of 62.4% Red, 78.4% Green, and 73.7% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 20.5% Cyan, 0% Magenta, 6% Yellow, and 21.6% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 162.4°, with saturation of 27.2% and lightness of 70.4%. The decimal value for #9fc8bc is 10471612, and its nearest "web safe" color is #99cccc. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #9fc8bc is green. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is black. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is blue.
  • HexHex code for this color#9fc8bc Copy
  • NameThe common name of this color(Unnamed) Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color159, 200, 188 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color62.4%, 78.4%, 73.7% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.376, 0.216, 0.263 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0.205, 0, 0.06, 0.216 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color162.4°, 27.2%, 70.4% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color162.4°, 20.5%, 78.4% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color44.029, 52.310, 55.353 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color159, 183, 200 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code10471612 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color77.466, -15.995, 1.527 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)77.466, 16.067, 174.547 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color77.466, -20.938, 4.979 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color72.326, -17.906, 5.252 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.290, 0.345, 52.310 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4288661692 / 0xff9fc8bc Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#99cccc Copy
Last Updated: March 28, 2024

Shades of #9fc8bc

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #9fc8bc, its pure hue is 162.4° on the color wheel and its saturation is 27.2%, and its lightness is 70.4%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #9fc8bc, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #141918 to #8bafa5.

Tints of #9fc8bc

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #9fc8bc, its pure hue is 162.4° on the color wheel and its saturation is 27.2%, and its lightness is 70.4%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #9fc8bc, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #abcfc4 to #f3f8f7.

Tones of #9fc8bc

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #9fc8bc, its pure hue is 162.4° on the color wheel and its saturation is 27.2%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #9fc8bc, which range from #b4b4b4 (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #68ffd3 (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #9fc8bc

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #9fc8bc! For #9fc8bc, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #9fc8bc. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #9fc8bc

This color, #9fc8bc, consists of 62.4% Red, 78.4% Green, and 73.7% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 159, Green = 200, Blue = 188. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #9fc8bc is 20.5% Cyan, 0% Magenta, 6% Yellow, and 21.6% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R62.4%
C20.5%
G78.4%
M0.0%
B73.7%
Y6.0%
K21.6%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 159 200 188
Octal 237 310 274
Hexa #9f #c8 #bc
Binary 10011111 11001000 10111100
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 20 0 5 21
Octal 24 0 5 25
Hexa #14 #00 #05 #15
Binary 00010100 00000000 00000101 00010101

Analogous Colors of #9fc8bc

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #9fc8bc — which has hue 162.4° — its analogous colors are located at 132.4° and 192.4° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #9fc8bc.

Triadic Colors of #9fc8bc

Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #9fc8bc — which has hue 162.4° — its triadic colors are located at 42.4° and 282.4° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #9fc8bc.

Complementary Color of #9fc8bc

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #9fc8bc — which has hue 162.4° — its complementary color is located at 342.4° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #9fc8bc.

Split Complementary Colors of #9fc8bc

Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #9fc8bc — which has hue 162.4° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 12.4° and 312.4° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #9fc8bc.

Tetradic Colors of #9fc8bc

Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #9fc8bc — which has hue 162.4° — its tetradic colors are located at 72.4°, 162.4°, 252.4°, and 342.4° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #9fc8bc.

Monochromatic Colors of #9fc8bc

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #9fc8bc, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #7e9d94 — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #cae9e0 (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #9fc8bc

We want to make getting started with #9fc8bc on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #9fc8bc into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #9fc8bc can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span> and <div> tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #9fc8bc with other HTML elements.

#9fc8bc Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #9fc8bc.
<span style="color: #9fc8bc;">The color of this text is #9fc8bc.</span>

#9fc8bc Background Color

The background color for this text is #9fc8bc.
<div style="background-color: #9fc8bc; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #9fc8bc.</div>

#9fc8bc Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #9fc8bc.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #9fc8bc;">This color for the shadow of this text is #9fc8bc.</span>

#9fc8bc Border Color

This is a div with border color #9fc8bc.
<div style="border: #9fc8bc 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #9fc8bc.</div>

#9fc8bc Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #9fc8bc on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #9fc8bc; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #9fc8bc on a white background.</div></div>

#9fc8bc Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #9fc8bc on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #9fc8bc; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #9fc8bc on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #9fc8bc to White

This is a gradient from #9fc8bc to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#9fc8bc,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#9fc8bc,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#9fc8bc,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#9fc8bc,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #9fc8bc to white.</div>

Gradient from #9fc8bc to Black

This is a gradient from #9fc8bc to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#9fc8bc,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#9fc8bc,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#9fc8bc,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#9fc8bc,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #9fc8bc to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #9fc8bc

In addition to using #9fc8bc on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #9fc8bc in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #9fc8bc, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 159, Green = 200, Blue = 188). If you need details about the color coordinates of #9fc8bc in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.

Language Environment Code Snippet
HTML + CSS (Hex Code) Web #9fc8bc
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(159, 200, 188)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #9fc8bc; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #9fc8bc; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #9fc8bc; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(159, 200, 188);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#9fc8bc")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:159, green:200, blue:188, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:159 green:200 blue:188 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(159f, 200f, 188f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(159, 200, 188);
 

#9fc8bc Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #9fc8bc the same way. For those with color blindness, #9fc8bc might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #9fc8bc looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #9fc8bc is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #9fc8bc looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #9fc8bc will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!

Trichromacy

Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women

Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women

Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000

Dichromacy

Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Monochromacy

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 20,000

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Accessibility

Not Accessibility Recommended

We analyzed whether #9fc8bc is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 1.8:1 against white. Under both the AA and AAA level standards, this is not a high enough ratio to be considered accessible for either normal size or large text.

WCAG AA
Normal Size Text

WCAG AA
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WCAG AAA
Normal Size Text

WCAG AAA
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