#94DEEF

sRGB: 148 / 222 / 239

#94DEEF belongs to the cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 148 red, 222 green and 239 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 191.2° lands in the cyan region. Its 74.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 75.9% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (13.95:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 148, 222, 239
HSL: 191.21°, 73.98%, 75.88%
HSV / HSB: 191.21°, 38.08%, 93.73%
CMYK (approx.): 38.08%, 7.11%, 0.00%, 6.27%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 53.911, 64.769, 91.325
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 84.364, -18.715, -15.559
WCAG relative luminance: 0.64770
24-bit decimal: 9756399

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #94DEEF in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 13.95:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.50:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#EFA594 sits half a turn (180°) from #94DEEF on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#94DEEF #EFA594

Analogous

#94EFD3 and #94B0EF sit 30° to either side of #94DEEF. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#94EFD3 #94DEEF #94B0EF

Triadic

#94DEEF, #EF94DE and #DEEF94 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#94DEEF #EF94DE #DEEF94

Split complementary

Start at #94DEEF and look across the wheel. #EF94B1 and #EFD394 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#94DEEF #EF94B1 #EFD394

Square

Starting with #94DEEF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #D394EF, #EFA594, then #B0EF94. Across the square, #94DEEF pairs with #EFA594, and #D394EF with #B0EF94.

#94DEEF #D394EF #EFA594 #B0EF94

Tetradic

#94DEEF and #EFA594 are opposites, as are #A594EF and #DEEF94. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#94DEEF #A594EF #EFA594 #DEEF94

Tints

Mixing #94DEEF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A9E5F2, keeps 80% of the original. By #EAF8FC, the mixture is 80% white.

#94DEEF #A9E5F2 #BFEBF5 #D4F2F9 #EAF8FC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #94DEEF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #76B2BF, keeps 80% of the original. By #1E2C30, the mixture is 80% black.

#94DEEF #76B2BF #59858F #3B5960 #1E2C30 #000000

Tones

Mixing #94DEEF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #90CBD9, keeps 80% of the original. By #849396, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#94DEEF #90CBD9 #8CB8C3 #88A6AC #849396 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#94DEEF

RGB

rgb(148 222 239)

HSL

hsl(191.209 73.984% 75.882%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #94DEEF;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#94DEEF uses 148 red, 222 green and 239 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 58.0%

Green 87.1%

Blue 93.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #94DEEF is 38.1% cyan, 7.1% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 6.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 38.1%

Magenta 7.1%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 6.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #99DDEE. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #9DE in CSS. For a modern design, keep #94DEEF when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #99CCFF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #99DDEE Nearest web-safe: #99CCFF

Gradient to complement

#94DEEF #A3D5E0 #B2CBD1 #C2C2C2 #D1B8B2 #E0AFA3 #EFA594

Color vision previews

Compare how #94DEEF appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#D1D9F0

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#C2CEEF

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#70E5E3

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#BEDAF0

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B7D4EF

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#91DFEA

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#D2D2D2

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#B7D8E1

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.29614 G 0.73046 B 0.86316

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.64471 G 0.86293 B 0.92795

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.37325 G 0.71604 B 0.84386

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.257 y 0.308 Y 64.769

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 41.961 M % 12.941 Y % 6.275

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

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