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Recognised as Colour

#99BFBD

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

#99BFBD is a cyan with RGB values 153, 191, 189 and HSL 177°, 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

#99BFBD#99BFBD
HEX#99BFBD
RGBrgb(153, 191, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.749, 0.7412
RGB percentages60%, 74.9%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(176.8, 22.9%, 67.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.8, 19.9%, 74.9%)
CMYK19.9%, 0%, 1%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,076,093
CSS custom property--colour: #99BFBD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47708WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.54:1
Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#664042

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BABBBDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3B5BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14 from the original
Tritanopia#8EC1BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 12.5Light blue · ΔE 12.6Silver · ΔE 13.8Dark grey · ΔE 14.5Cadetblue · ΔE 15.6Light grey · ΔE 16.7
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 12.51, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BF999B
Analogous#99BFAA, #99AEBF
Triadic#BD99BF, #BFBD99
Split complementary#BF99AE, #BFAA99
Tetradic#AA99BF, #BF999B, #AEBF99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7FAFA
Lighter +20%#D8E6E6
Lighter +10%#B8D3D1
Darker −10%#7AABA9
Darker −20%#5D9592
Darker −30%#4A7573
Darker −40%#365654
More saturated +25%#84D4D0
Less saturated −25%#ACACAC

Channel breakdown

R153
G191
B189
Red153 (60%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue176.84°
Saturation (HSL)22.89%
Lightness67.45%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 99 · G BF · B BD

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