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Recognised as Colour

#99C6FA

  • #99C6FA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#99C6FA is a blue with RGB values 153, 198, 250 and HSL 212°, 91%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#99C6FA#99C6FA
HEX#99C6FA
RGBrgb(153, 198, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.7765, 0.9804
RGB percentages60%, 77.6%, 98%
HSLhsl(212.2, 90.7%, 79%)
HSV / HSBhsv(212.2, 38.8%, 98%)
CMYK38.8%, 20.8%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,077,946
CSS custom property--colour: #99C6FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54063WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.81:1
Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#663905

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2C8FCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7BEF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Tritanopia#77D2D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 9Light steelblue · ΔE 15.1Sky blue · ΔE 15.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.6Light blue · ΔE 21.4Lavender · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 8.97, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FACD99
Analogous#99F6FA, #9D99FA
Triadic#FA99C6, #C6FA99
Split complementary#FA9C99, #F6FA99
Tetradic#FA99F6, #FACD99, #99FA9C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAFCFF
Lighter +10%#CAE1FC
Darker −10%#68ABF8
Darker −20%#3890F5
Darker −30%#0C75EE
Darker −40%#095DBE
More saturated +25%#94C6FF
Less saturated −25%#A6C7ED

Channel breakdown

R153
G198
B250
Red153 (60%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue212.16°
Saturation (HSL)90.65%
Lightness79.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G C6 · B FA

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