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Recognised as Colour

#99BEFE

  • #99BEFE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#99BEFE is a blue with RGB values 153, 190, 254 and HSL 218°, 98%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#99BEFE#99BEFE
HEX#99BEFE
RGBrgb(153, 190, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.7451, 0.9961
RGB percentages60%, 74.5%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(218, 98.1%, 79.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218, 39.8%, 99.6%)
CMYK39.8%, 25.2%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,075,902
CSS custom property--colour: #99BEFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50755WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.15:1
Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#664101

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A7C2FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#9CB9FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.7 from the original
Tritanopia#77CCD4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 16.1Light steelblue · ΔE 20.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 21Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.4Sky blue · ΔE 23.2Steel blue · ΔE 25.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 16.05, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FED999
Analogous#99F1FE, #A799FE
Triadic#FE99BE, #BEFE99
Split complementary#FEA799, #F1FE99
Tetradic#FE99F1, #FED999, #99FEA7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFEFF
Lighter +10%#CCDEFE
Darker −10%#669EFE
Darker −20%#347EFD
Darker −30%#025EFC
Darker −40%#024BC9
More saturated +25%#98BEFF
Less saturated −25%#A6C1F1

Channel breakdown

R153
G190
B254
Red153 (60%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue218.02°
Saturation (HSL)98.06%
Lightness79.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G BE · B FE

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