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Recognised as Colour

#99CBDB

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

#99CBDB is a cyan with RGB values 153, 203, 219 and HSL 195°, 48%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#99CBDB#99CBDB
HEX#99CBDB
RGBrgb(153, 203, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.7961, 0.8588
RGB percentages60%, 79.6%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(194.5, 47.8%, 72.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.5, 30.1%, 85.9%)
CMYK30.1%, 7.3%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,079,195
CSS custom property--colour: #99CBDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54599WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.92:1
Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#663424

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C1C8DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B6C0DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.7 from the original
Tritanopia#83D1D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 5.5Sky blue · ΔE 8.4Powder blue · ΔE 9.1Light steelblue · ΔE 11.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 15Light skyblue · ΔE 15.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 5.53, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBA999
Analogous#99DBCA, #99AADB
Triadic#DB99CB, #CBDB99
Split complementary#DB99AA, #DBCA99
Tetradic#CA99DB, #DBA999, #AADB99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4F1F6
Lighter +10%#BFDEE8
Darker −10%#73B8CE
Darker −20%#4EA5C0
Darker −30%#3988A2
Darker −40%#2C697C
More saturated +25%#88D4EC
Less saturated −25%#AAC2CA

Channel breakdown

R153
G203
B219
Red153 (60%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue194.55°
Saturation (HSL)47.83%
Lightness72.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G CB · B DB

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