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Recognised as Colour

#99C4FD

  • #99C4FD
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#99C4FD is a blue with RGB values 153, 196, 253 and HSL 214°, 96%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#99C4FD#99C4FD
HEX#99C4FD
RGBrgb(153, 196, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.7686, 0.9922
RGB percentages60%, 76.9%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(214.2, 96.2%, 79.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.2, 39.5%, 99.2%)
CMYK39.5%, 22.5%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,077,437
CSS custom property--colour: #99C4FD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53344WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.67:1
Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#663B02

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFC7FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A3BDFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Tritanopia#76D0D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.3 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 text11.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 11.4Light steelblue · ΔE 17.4Sky blue · ΔE 18.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.8Light blue · ΔE 24.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 11.44, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDD299
Analogous#99F6FD, #A099FD
Triadic#FD99C4, #C4FD99
Split complementary#FDA099, #F6FD99
Tetradic#FD99F6, #FDD299, #99FDA0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFEFF
Lighter +10%#CBE1FE
Darker −10%#67A7FC
Darker −20%#358AFB
Darker −30%#056DF8
Darker −40%#0457C6
More saturated +25%#97C4FF
Less saturated −25%#A6C6F0

Channel breakdown

R153
G196
B253
Red153 (60%)
Green196 (76.9%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue214.2°
Saturation (HSL)96.15%
Lightness79.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G C4 · B FD

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