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#9EFFCC

Seafoam · very light cool green

About #9EFFCC

#9EFFCC is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 62% red, 100% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 38% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Seafoam (ΔE 8.6); Turquoise comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #FF9ED1 — a light pink tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #9EFFCC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.63:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red158
Green255
Blue204

Closest named colours

Seafoam
#93E9BE · ΔE 8.6
Turquoise
#40E0D0 · ΔE 23.3
Pale Mint
#C7F0DB · ΔE 24.3

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #9EFFCC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on seafoam #9EFFCC.
1.19:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on seafoam #9EFFCC.
17.63:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #9EFFCC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#9EFFCC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#FDF2C9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EDE7CF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#88FEF1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #9EFFCC?

#9EFFCC is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 62% red, 100% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 38% cyan, 0% magenta, 20% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #9EFFCC?

Use black text. Black on #9EFFCC has a contrast ratio of 17.63:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #9EFFCC?

Its complementary colour is #FF9ED1, and analogous partners are #A0FF9E and #9EFFFD.