Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#99B8C5

  • #99B8C5
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#99B8C5 is a cyan with RGB values 153, 184, 197 and HSL 198°, 28%, 69%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#99B8C5#99B8C5
HEX#99B8C5
RGBrgb(153, 184, 197)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.7216, 0.7725
RGB percentages60%, 72.2%, 77.3%
HSLhsl(197.7, 27.5%, 68.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.7, 22.3%, 77.3%)
CMYK22.3%, 6.6%, 0%, 22.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,074,309
CSS custom property--colour: #99B8C5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45085WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.02:1
Contrast with white2.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#66473A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1B6C6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#AAB1C5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Tritanopia#8CBCBCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.1:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.8Light blue · ΔE 11.4Dark grey · ΔE 13.1Silver · ΔE 13.5Sky blue · ΔE 14.8Powder blue · ΔE 14.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.84, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C5A699
Analogous#99C5BC, #99A2C5
Triadic#C599B8, #B8C599
Split complementary#C599A2, #C5BC99
Tetradic#BC99C5, #C5A699, #A2C599

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FBFCFC
Lighter +20%#DAE5EA
Lighter +10%#BACFD7
Darker −10%#78A1B3
Darker −20%#5A8A9E
Darker −30%#476E7E
Darker −40%#35515D
More saturated +25%#85C0D9
Less saturated −25%#ADB0B1

Channel breakdown

R153
G184
B197
Red153 (60%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue197 (77.3%)
Hue197.73°
Saturation (HSL)27.5%
Lightness68.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G B8 · B C5

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “99b8c5” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.