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Colour

#99C9CD

  • #99C9CD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#99C9CD is a cyan with RGB values 153, 201, 205 and HSL 185°, 34%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#99C9CD#99C9CD
HEX#99C9CD
RGBrgb(153, 201, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.7882, 0.8039
RGB percentages60%, 78.8%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(184.6, 34.2%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.6, 25.4%, 80.4%)
CMYK25.4%, 2%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,078,669
CSS custom property--colour: #99C9CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52953WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.59:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#663632

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2C5CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8BDCDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.2 from the original
Tritanopia#88CDCAno 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 text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 8.3Powder blue · ΔE 8.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.2Sky blue · ΔE 14.2Light steelblue · ΔE 15.7Silver · ΔE 16.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 8.32, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CD9D99
Analogous#99CDB7, #99AFCD
Triadic#CD99C9, #C9CD99
Split complementary#CD99AF, #CDB799
Tetradic#B799CD, #CD9D99, #AFCD99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DDEDEF
Lighter +10%#BBDBDE
Darker −10%#77B7BC
Darker −20%#55A5AB
Darker −30%#43848A
Darker −40%#336367
More saturated +25%#86D9E0
Less saturated −25%#ACB9BA

Channel breakdown

R153
G201
B205
Red153 (60%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue184.62°
Saturation (HSL)34.21%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G C9 · B CD

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