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Recognised as Colour

#99C8CC

  • #99C8CC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#99C8CC is a cyan with RGB values 153, 200, 204 and HSL 185°, 33%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#99C8CC#99C8CC
HEX#99C8CC
RGBrgb(153, 200, 204)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.7843, 0.8
RGB percentages60%, 78.4%, 80%
HSLhsl(184.7, 33.3%, 70%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.7, 25%, 80%)
CMYK25%, 2%, 0%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,078,412
CSS custom property--colour: #99C8CC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5244WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.49:1
Contrast with white1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#663733

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C1C4CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8BDCCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.7 from the original
Tritanopia#88CCC9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 8.5Powder blue · ΔE 8.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.6Sky blue · ΔE 14.4Light steelblue · ΔE 15.5Silver · ΔE 16
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 8.46, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CC9D99
Analogous#99CCB7, #99AECC
Triadic#CC99C8, #C8CC99
Split complementary#CC99AE, #CCB799
Tetradic#B799CC, #CC9D99, #AECC99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DDEDEE
Lighter +10%#BBDADD
Darker −10%#77B6BB
Darker −20%#55A3AA
Darker −30%#448388
Darker −40%#336266
More saturated +25%#86D8DF
Less saturated −25%#ACB8B9

Channel breakdown

R153
G200
B204
Red153 (60%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue184.71°
Saturation (HSL)33.33%
Lightness70%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G C8 · B CC

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