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Colour

#99C7CA

  • #99C7CA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#99C7CA is a cyan with RGB values 153, 199, 202 and HSL 184°, 32%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#99C7CA#99C7CA
HEX#99C7CA
RGBrgb(153, 199, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.7804, 0.7922
RGB percentages60%, 78%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(183.7, 31.6%, 69.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183.7, 24.3%, 79.2%)
CMYK24.3%, 1.5%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,078,154
CSS custom property--colour: #99C7CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51883WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.38:1
Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#663835

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0C3CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7BCCAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Tritanopia#89CAC8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 9Powder blue · ΔE 9.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.9Sky blue · ΔE 15Silver · ΔE 15.7Light steelblue · ΔE 15.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 9, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CA9C99
Analogous#99CAB4, #99AFCA
Triadic#CA99C7, #C7CA99
Split complementary#CA99AF, #CAB499
Tetradic#B499CA, #CA9C99, #AFCA99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFEFE
Lighter +20%#DCECED
Lighter +10%#BBD9DB
Darker −10%#77B5B9
Darker −20%#57A2A6
Darker −30%#458185
Darker −40%#346063
More saturated +25%#86D8DD
Less saturated −25%#ACB6B7

Channel breakdown

R153
G199
B202
Red153 (60%)
Green199 (78%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue183.67°
Saturation (HSL)31.61%
Lightness69.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G C7 · B CA

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