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Colour

#99C8FF

  • #99C8FF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#99C8FF is a blue with RGB values 153, 200, 255 and HSL 212°, 100%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#99C8FF#99C8FF
HEX#99C8FF
RGBrgb(153, 200, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.7843, 1
RGB percentages60%, 78.4%, 100%
HSLhsl(212.4, 100%, 80%)
HSV / HSBhsv(212.4, 40%, 100%)
CMYK40%, 21.6%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,078,463
CSS custom property--colour: #99C8FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55301WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.06:1
Contrast with white1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#663700

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3CAFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7C0FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original
Tritanopia#75D4DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 9.6Light steelblue · ΔE 16.7Sky blue · ΔE 16.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.2Light blue · ΔE 22.8Lavender · ΔE 26.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 9.57, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFD099
Analogous#99FBFF, #9D99FF
Triadic#FF99C8, #C8FF99
Split complementary#FF9D99, #FBFF99
Tetradic#FF99FB, #FFD099, #99FF9D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#CCE3FF
Darker −10%#66ACFF
Darker −20%#3391FF
Darker −30%#0075FF
Darker −40%#005ECC
More saturated +25%#99C8FF
Less saturated −25%#A6C9F2

Channel breakdown

R153
G200
B255
Red153 (60%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue212.35°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness80%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G C8 · B FF

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