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Recognised as Colour

#98CCDC

  • #98CCDC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#98CCDC is a cyan with RGB values 152, 204, 220 and HSL 194°, 49%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#98CCDC#98CCDC
HEX#98CCDC
RGBrgb(152, 204, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.5961, 0.8, 0.8627
RGB percentages59.6%, 80%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(194.1, 49.3%, 72.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.1, 30.9%, 86.3%)
CMYK30.9%, 7.3%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,013,916
CSS custom property--colour: #98CCDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55028WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.01:1
Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#673323

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2C9DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7C0DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original
Tritanopia#81D2D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 5.6Sky blue · ΔE 8.1Powder blue · ΔE 8.9Light steelblue · ΔE 11.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.6Light skyblue · ΔE 15.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 5.56, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCA898
Analogous#98DCCA, #98AADC
Triadic#DC98CC, #CCDC98
Split complementary#DC98AA, #DCCA98
Tetradic#CA98DC, #DCA898, #AADC98

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4F2F6
Lighter +10%#BEDFE9
Darker −10%#72B9CF
Darker −20%#4CA6C2
Darker −30%#388AA3
Darker −40%#2B6A7D
More saturated +25%#87D5ED
Less saturated −25%#A9C3CB

Channel breakdown

R152
G204
B220
Red152 (59.6%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue194.12°
Saturation (HSL)49.28%
Lightness72.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 98 · G CC · B DC

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