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Recognised as Colour

#99CBD2

  • #99CBD2
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#99CBD2 is a cyan with RGB values 153, 203, 210 and HSL 187°, 39%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#99CBD2#99CBD2
HEX#99CBD2
RGBrgb(153, 203, 210)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.7961, 0.8235
RGB percentages60%, 79.6%, 82.4%
HSLhsl(187.4, 38.8%, 71.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(187.4, 27.1%, 82.4%)
CMYK27.1%, 3.3%, 0%, 17.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,079,186
CSS custom property--colour: #99CBD2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54137WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.83:1
Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#66342D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C3C7D3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9BFD2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Tritanopia#86CFCDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 7Powder blue · ΔE 7.6Sky blue · ΔE 12.5Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.8Light steelblue · ΔE 14.8Silver · ΔE 17
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 6.99, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D2A099
Analogous#99D2BC, #99AFD2
Triadic#D299CB, #CBD299
Split complementary#D299AE, #D2BC99
Tetradic#BC99D2, #D2A099, #AED299

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E0EFF1
Lighter +10%#BCDDE2
Darker −10%#76B9C2
Darker −20%#52A7B3
Darker −30%#408892
Darker −40%#31676E
More saturated +25%#87D9E4
Less saturated −25%#ABBDC0

Channel breakdown

R153
G203
B210
Red153 (60%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue210 (82.4%)
Hue187.37°
Saturation (HSL)38.78%
Lightness71.18%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G CB · B D2

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