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Colour

#99C7CD

  • #99C7CD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#99C7CD is a cyan with RGB values 153, 199, 205 and HSL 187°, 34%, 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

#99C7CD#99C7CD
HEX#99C7CD
RGBrgb(153, 199, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.7804, 0.8039
RGB percentages60%, 78%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(186.9, 34.2%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.9, 25.4%, 80.4%)
CMYK25.4%, 2.9%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,078,157
CSS custom property--colour: #99C7CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52027WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.41:1
Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#663832

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0C3CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6BCCDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15 from the original
Tritanopia#88CBC9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 7.9Powder blue · ΔE 8.8Sky blue · ΔE 13.5Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.2Light steelblue · ΔE 14.4Silver · ΔE 15.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 7.92, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CD9F99
Analogous#99CDB9, #99ADCD
Triadic#CD99C7, #C7CD99
Split complementary#CD99AD, #CDB999
Tetradic#B999CD, #CD9F99, #ADCD99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DDEDEF
Lighter +10%#BBDADE
Darker −10%#77B4BC
Darker −20%#55A1AB
Darker −30%#43818A
Darker −40%#336167
More saturated +25%#86D6E0
Less saturated −25%#ACB8BA

Channel breakdown

R153
G199
B205
Red153 (60%)
Green199 (78%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue186.92°
Saturation (HSL)34.21%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G C7 · B CD

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