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Recognised as Colour

#99BFB9

  • #99BFB9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#99BFB9 is a cyan with RGB values 153, 191, 185 and HSL 171°, 23%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#99BFB9#99BFB9
HEX#99BFB9
RGBrgb(153, 191, 185)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.749, 0.7255
RGB percentages60%, 74.9%, 72.5%
HSLhsl(170.5, 22.9%, 67.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.5, 19.9%, 74.9%)
CMYK19.9%, 0%, 3.1%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,076,089
CSS custom property--colour: #99BFB9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47537WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.51:1
Contrast with white2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#664046

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBBBB9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B4B5BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original
Tritanopia#8FC1BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 13.5Light blue · ΔE 14.2Silver · ΔE 14.3Dark grey · ΔE 14.9Cadetblue · ΔE 15.9Light grey · ΔE 17.2
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 13.47, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BF999F
Analogous#99BFA6, #99B2BF
Triadic#B999BF, #BFB999
Split complementary#BF99B2, #BFA699
Tetradic#A699BF, #BF999F, #B2BF99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7FAFA
Lighter +20%#D8E6E4
Lighter +10%#B8D3CF
Darker −10%#7AABA3
Darker −20%#5D958C
Darker −30%#4A756E
Darker −40%#365651
More saturated +25%#84D4C7
Less saturated −25%#ACACAC

Channel breakdown

R153
G191
B185
Red153 (60%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue185 (72.5%)
Hue170.53°
Saturation (HSL)22.89%
Lightness67.45%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 99 · G BF · B B9

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