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Recognised as Colour

#99CCDB

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

#99CCDB is a cyan with RGB values 153, 204, 219 and HSL 194°, 48%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#99CCDB#99CCDB
HEX#99CCDB
RGBrgb(153, 204, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.8, 0.8588
RGB percentages60%, 80%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(193.6, 47.8%, 72.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.6, 30.1%, 85.9%)
CMYK30.1%, 6.8%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,079,451
CSS custom property--colour: #99CCDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55073WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.01:1
Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#663324

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2C9DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7C0DBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.6 from the original
Tritanopia#83D2D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 5.4Powder blue · ΔE 8.6Sky blue · ΔE 8.7Light steelblue · ΔE 12Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.3Light skyblue · ΔE 15.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 5.35, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBA899
Analogous#99DBC9, #99ABDB
Triadic#DB99CC, #CCDB99
Split complementary#DB99AB, #DBC999
Tetradic#C999DB, #DBA899, #ABDB99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E4F2F6
Lighter +10%#BFDFE8
Darker −10%#73B9CE
Darker −20%#4EA6C0
Darker −30%#398AA2
Darker −40%#2C6A7C
More saturated +25%#88D5EC
Less saturated −25%#AAC3CA

Channel breakdown

R153
G204
B219
Red153 (60%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue193.64°
Saturation (HSL)47.83%
Lightness72.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G CC · B DB

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