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Recognised as Colour

#99CDCE

  • #99CDCE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#99CDCE is a cyan with RGB values 153, 205, 206 and HSL 181°, 35%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#99CDCE#99CDCE
HEX#99CDCE
RGBrgb(153, 205, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.8039, 0.8078
RGB percentages60%, 80.4%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(181.1, 35.1%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.1, 25.7%, 80.8%)
CMYK25.7%, 0.5%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,079,694
CSS custom property--colour: #99CDCE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54891WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.98:1
Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#663231

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C6C8CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCC0CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18 from the original
Tritanopia#87D1CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.3 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 text11.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 7.8Light blue · ΔE 9.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.5Sky blue · ΔE 15.4Silver · ΔE 17.6Light steelblue · ΔE 17.8
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 7.83, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CE9A99
Analogous#99CEB4, #99B3CE
Triadic#CE99CD, #CDCE99
Split complementary#CE99B3, #CEB499
Tetradic#B499CE, #CE9A99, #B3CE99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DEEFEF
Lighter +10%#BBDEDF
Darker −10%#77BCBD
Darker −20%#54ABAD
Darker −30%#438A8B
Darker −40%#326869
More saturated +25%#86DFE1
Less saturated −25%#ACBBBB

Channel breakdown

R153
G205
B206
Red153 (60%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue181.13°
Saturation (HSL)35.1%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G CD · B CE

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