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Recognised as Colour

#99C5EC

  • #99C5EC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#99C5EC is a blue with RGB values 153, 197, 236 and HSL 208°, 69%, 76%. 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

#99C5EC#99C5EC
HEX#99C5EC
RGBrgb(153, 197, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.7725, 0.9255
RGB percentages60%, 77.3%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(208.2, 68.6%, 76.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208.2, 35.2%, 92.5%)
CMYK35.2%, 16.5%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,077,676
CSS custom property--colour: #99C5EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52761WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.55:1
Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#663A13

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5C5EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#ABBCEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.9 from the original
Tritanopia#7ECED2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 7.5Light steelblue · ΔE 9.6Sky blue · ΔE 10.1Light blue · ΔE 15Powder blue · ΔE 20.1Lavender · ΔE 22
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 7.51, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECC099
Analogous#99ECE9, #999BEC
Triadic#EC99C5, #C5EC99
Split complementary#EC999B, #ECE999
Tetradic#E999EC, #ECC099, #9BEC99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EFF6FC
Lighter +10%#C4DDF4
Darker −10%#6EADE4
Darker −20%#4394DC
Darker −30%#257BC7
Darker −40%#1D609C
More saturated +25%#8AC6FB
Less saturated −25%#A8C4DD

Channel breakdown

R153
G197
B236
Red153 (60%)
Green197 (77.3%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue208.19°
Saturation (HSL)68.6%
Lightness76.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G C5 · B EC

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