Recognised as Colour

#99C5CF

#99C5CF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Light blue

#99C5CF is a cyan with RGB values 153, 197, 207 and HSL 191°, 36%, 71%. 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 blue.

Colour values

#99C5CF#99C5CF

HEX#99C5CF

RGBrgb(153, 197, 207)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.7725, 0.8118

RGB percentages60%, 77.3%, 81.2%

HSLhsl(191.1, 36%, 70.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(191.1, 26.1%, 81.2%)

CMYK26.1%, 4.8%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,077,647

CSS custom property--colour: #99C5CF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5121WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness186.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.24:1

Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC

Inverted#663A30

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BDC2D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#B4BBCFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.8 from the original

Tritanopia#88C9C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 7.3 Powder blue · ΔE 9.7 Sky blue · ΔE 12.1 Light steelblue · ΔE 12.3 Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.6 Silver · ΔE 15.6

Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 7.33, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#CFA399

Analogous#99CFBE, #99AACF

Triadic#CF99C5, #C5CF99

Split complementary#CF99AA, #CFBE99

Tetradic#BE99CF, #CFA399, #AACF99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#DEECF0

Lighter +10%#BCD9DF

Darker −10%#76B1BF

Darker −20%#549EAE

Darker −30%#427F8D

Darker −40%#32606A

More saturated +25%#86D1E2

Less saturated −25%#ACB9BC

Channel breakdown

R153

G197

B207

Red153 (60%)

Green197 (77.3%)

Blue207 (81.2%)

Hue191.11°

Saturation (HSL)36%

Lightness70.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 99 · G C5 · B CF

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Colour harmonies

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