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Recognised as Colour

#99D2CB

  • #99D2CB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#99D2CB is a cyan with RGB values 153, 210, 203 and HSL 173°, 39%, 71%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#99D2CB#99D2CB
HEX#99D2CB
RGBrgb(153, 210, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.8235, 0.7961
RGB percentages60%, 82.4%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(172.6, 38.8%, 71.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.6, 27.1%, 82.4%)
CMYK27.1%, 0%, 3.3%, 17.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,080,971
CSS custom property--colour: #99D2CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57177WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.44:1
Contrast with white1.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5
Inverted#662D34

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CCCCCBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1C4CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Tritanopia#87D5D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.69:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 9.8Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.6Light blue · ΔE 13.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.9Sky blue · ΔE 19.5Cadetblue · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 9.84, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D299A0
Analogous#99D2AF, #99BCD2
Triadic#CB99D2, #D2CB99
Split complementary#D299BC, #D2AE99
Tetradic#AE99D2, #D299A0, #BCD299

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E0F1EF
Lighter +10%#BCE2DD
Darker −10%#76C2B9
Darker −20%#52B3A7
Darker −30%#409288
Darker −40%#316E67
More saturated +25%#87E4D9
Less saturated −25%#ABC0BD

Channel breakdown

R153
G210
B203
Red153 (60%)
Green210 (82.4%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue172.63°
Saturation (HSL)38.78%
Lightness71.18%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 99 · G D2 · B CB

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