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Recognised as Colour

#99AFB4

  • #99AFB4
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#99AFB4 is a cyan with RGB values 153, 175, 180 and HSL 191°, 15%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#99AFB4#99AFB4
HEX#99AFB4
RGBrgb(153, 175, 180)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.6863, 0.7059
RGB percentages60%, 68.6%, 70.6%
HSLhsl(191.1, 15.3%, 65.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.1, 15%, 70.6%)
CMYK15%, 2.8%, 0%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,071,988
CSS custom property--colour: #99AFB4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40728WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.15:1
Contrast with white2.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#66504B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABADB4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6A9B4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Tritanopia#92B1B0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 8.3Silver · ΔE 11.3Light steelblue · ΔE 14.2Light blue · ΔE 15.8Light slate grey · ΔE 15.9Cadetblue · ΔE 16
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 8.32, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B49E99
Analogous#99B4AB, #99A2B4
Triadic#B499AF, #AFB499
Split complementary#B499A2, #B4AC99
Tetradic#AC99B4, #B49E99, #A2B499

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F1F4F5
Lighter +20%#D4DDDF
Lighter +10%#B6C6CA
Darker −10%#7C989E
Darker −20%#627F85
Darker −30%#4C6368
Darker −40%#37474A
More saturated +25%#83BDCA
Less saturated −25%#A7A7A7

Channel breakdown

R153
G175
B180
Red153 (60%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue180 (70.6%)
Hue191.11°
Saturation (HSL)15.25%
Lightness65.29%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G AF · B B4

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