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Colour

#99D3DC

  • #99D3DC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#99D3DC is a cyan with RGB values 153, 211, 220 and HSL 188°, 49%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#99D3DC#99D3DC
HEX#99D3DC
RGBrgb(153, 211, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.8275, 0.8627
RGB percentages60%, 82.7%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(188.1, 48.9%, 73.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.1, 30.5%, 86.3%)
CMYK30.5%, 4.1%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,081,244
CSS custom property--colour: #99D3DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58528WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.71:1
Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#662C23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CACEDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#BEC5DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Tritanopia#82D8D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 6.1Light blue · ΔE 6.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.4Sky blue · ΔE 11.1Light steelblue · ΔE 16Light skyblue · ΔE 19
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 6.09, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCA299
Analogous#99DCC4, #99B2DC
Triadic#DC99D3, #D3DC99
Split complementary#DC99B2, #DCC499
Tetradic#C499DC, #DCA299, #B2DC99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E5F4F6
Lighter +10%#BFE3E9
Darker −10%#73C3CF
Darker −20%#4DB2C2
Darker −30%#3895A4
Darker −40%#2B737E
More saturated +25%#88E0ED
Less saturated −25%#AAC6CB

Channel breakdown

R153
G211
B220
Red153 (60%)
Green211 (82.7%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue188.06°
Saturation (HSL)48.91%
Lightness73.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G D3 · B DC

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