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Recognised as Colour

#99B2BE

  • #99B2BE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#99B2BE is a cyan with RGB values 153, 178, 190 and HSL 199°, 22%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#99B2BE#99B2BE
HEX#99B2BE
RGBrgb(153, 178, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.698, 0.7451
RGB percentages60%, 69.8%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(199.5, 22.2%, 67.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.5, 19.5%, 74.5%)
CMYK19.5%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,072,766
CSS custom property--colour: #99B2BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42331WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.47:1
Contrast with white2.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AEAEAE
Inverted#664D41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACB1BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6ACBEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Tritanopia#8FB6B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 10.7Dark grey · ΔE 10.9Silver · ΔE 12.6Light blue · ΔE 13.9Light slate grey · ΔE 15.8Cadetblue · ΔE 17
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 10.72, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BEA599
Analogous#99BEB8, #99A0BE
Triadic#BE99B2, #B2BE99
Split complementary#BE99A0, #BEB899
Tetradic#B899BE, #BEA599, #9FBE99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F6F9FA
Lighter +20%#D7E1E6
Lighter +10%#B8CAD2
Darker −10%#7A9AAA
Darker −20%#5E8293
Darker −30%#4A6674
Darker −40%#364B55
More saturated +25%#84B9D3
Less saturated −25%#ACACAC

Channel breakdown

R153
G178
B190
Red153 (60%)
Green178 (69.8%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue199.46°
Saturation (HSL)22.16%
Lightness67.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G B2 · B BE

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