#94DEFF

sRGB · 148 / 222 / 255

#94DEFF belongs to the azure family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 148 red, 222 green and 255 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 198.5° lands in the azure region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 79.0% 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 (14.15:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 148, 222, 255
HSL: 198.50°, 100.00%, 79.02%
HSV / HSB: 198.50°, 41.96%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 41.96%, 12.94%, 0.00%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 56.381, 65.757, 104.332
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 84.872, -14.677, -23.243
WCAG relative luminance: 0.65758
24-bit decimal: 9756415

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 #94DEFF 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 · 14.15:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 1.48:1

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. 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

#FFB594 sits half a turn (180°) from #94DEFF 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.

#94DEFF #FFB594

Analogous

#94FFEB and #94A8FF sit 30° to either side of #94DEFF. 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.

#94FFEB #94DEFF #94A8FF

Triadic

#94DEFF, #FF94DE and #DEFF94 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#94DEFF #FF94DE #DEFF94

Split complementary

Start at #94DEFF and look across the wheel. #FF94A8 and #FFEB94 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#94DEFF #FF94A8 #FFEB94

Square

Starting with #94DEFF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EB94FF, #FFB594, then #A8FF94. Across the square, #94DEFF pairs with #FFB594, and #EB94FF with #A8FF94.

#94DEFF #EB94FF #FFB594 #A8FF94

Tetradic

#94DEFF and #FFB594 are opposites, as are #B594FF and #DEFF94. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#94DEFF #B594FF #FFB594 #DEFF94

Tints

Mixing #94DEFF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A9E5FF, keeps 80% of the original. By #EAF8FF, the mixture is 80% white.

#94DEFF #A9E5FF #BFEBFF #D4F2FF #EAF8FF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #94DEFF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #76B2CC, keeps 80% of the original. By #1E2C33, the mixture is 80% black.

#94DEFF #76B2CC #598599 #3B5966 #1E2C33 #000000

Tones

Mixing #94DEFF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #90CBE6, keeps 80% of the original. By #849399, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#94DEFF #90CBE6 #8CB8CC #88A6B3 #849399 #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

#94DEFF

RGB

rgb(148 222 255)

HSL

hsl(198.505 100.000% 79.020%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

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

Red 58.0%

Green 87.1%

Blue 100.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #94DEFF is 42.0% cyan, 12.9% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 42.0%

Magenta 12.9%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

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

Nearest shorthand · #99DDFF Nearest web-safe · #99CCFF

Gradient to complement

#94DEFF #A6D7ED #B8D0DB #CACACA #DBC3B8 #EDBCA6 #FFB594

Color vision previews

Compare how #94DEFF 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.

#CDDBFF

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.

#BDCFFF

Tritanopia

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

#67E8E8

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.

#BBDBFF

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.

#B3D4FF

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#8FE0F7

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D4D4D4

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.

#B8D9EB

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 1.00000

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 0.98601

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.37325 G 0.71604 B 0.96846

CIE xyY

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

x 0.249 y 0.290 Y 65.757

CMY

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

C % 41.961 M % 12.941 Y % 0.000

Binary RGB

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

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