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Recognised as Colour

#99C4FB

  • #99C4FB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#99C4FB is a blue with RGB values 153, 196, 251 and HSL 214°, 92%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#99C4FB#99C4FB
HEX#99C4FB
RGBrgb(153, 196, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.7686, 0.9843
RGB percentages60%, 76.9%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(213.7, 92.5%, 79.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213.7, 39%, 98.4%)
CMYK39%, 21.9%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,077,435
CSS custom property--colour: #99C4FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53217WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.64:1
Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#663B04

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0C6FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4BDFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Tritanopia#77D0D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 10.6Light steelblue · ΔE 16.4Sky blue · ΔE 17.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.8Light blue · ΔE 23.3Steel blue · ΔE 25.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 10.65, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBD099
Analogous#99F5FB, #9F99FB
Triadic#FB99C4, #C4FB99
Split complementary#FB9F99, #F5FB99
Tetradic#FB99F5, #FBD099, #99FB9F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBFDFF
Lighter +10%#CAE0FD
Darker −10%#68A8F9
Darker −20%#378BF7
Darker −30%#096FF2
Darker −40%#0859C0
More saturated +25%#95C4FF
Less saturated −25%#A6C6EE

Channel breakdown

R153
G196
B251
Red153 (60%)
Green196 (76.9%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue213.67°
Saturation (HSL)92.45%
Lightness79.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G C4 · B FB

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