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Recognised as Colour

#99CECE

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

#99CECE is a cyan with RGB values 153, 206, 206 and HSL 180°, 35%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#99CECE#99CECE
HEX#99CECE
RGBrgb(153, 206, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.8078, 0.8078
RGB percentages60%, 80.8%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(180, 35.1%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180, 25.7%, 80.8%)
CMYK25.7%, 0%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,079,950
CSS custom property--colour: #99CECE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55371WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.07:1
Contrast with white1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#663131

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7C9CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDC1CFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.5 from the original
Tritanopia#87D1CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 7.9Light blue · ΔE 9.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.1Sky blue · ΔE 15.9Silver · ΔE 18Cadetblue · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 7.87, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CE9999
Analogous#99CEB3, #99B3CE
Triadic#CE99CE, #CECE99
Split complementary#CE99B3, #CEB399
Tetradic#B399CE, #CE9999, #B3CE99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DEEFEF
Lighter +10%#BBDFDF
Darker −10%#77BDBD
Darker −20%#54ADAD
Darker −30%#438B8B
Darker −40%#326969
More saturated +25%#86E1E1
Less saturated −25%#ACBBBB

Channel breakdown

R153
G206
B206
Red153 (60%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue180°
Saturation (HSL)35.1%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelGreen and Blue
Hex per channelR 99 · G CE · B CE

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