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Recognised as Colour

#99D3E6

  • #99D3E6
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#99D3E6 is a cyan with RGB values 153, 211, 230 and HSL 195°, 61%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#99D3E6#99D3E6
HEX#99D3E6
RGBrgb(153, 211, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.8275, 0.902
RGB percentages60%, 82.7%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(194.8, 60.6%, 75.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.8, 33.5%, 90.2%)
CMYK33.5%, 8.3%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,081,254
CSS custom property--colour: #99D3E6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59074WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.81:1
Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#662C19

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7CFE7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BBC6E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17 from the original
Tritanopia#7EDAD9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 5.5Sky blue · ΔE 6.4Powder blue · ΔE 8.7Light steelblue · ΔE 13Light skyblue · ΔE 13.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 5.53, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6AC99
Analogous#99E6D2, #99ADE6
Triadic#E699D3, #D3E699
Split complementary#E699AD, #E6D399
Tetradic#D299E6, #E6AC99, #ACE699

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EBF6FA
Lighter +10%#C2E5F0
Darker −10%#70C1DC
Darker −20%#47B0D2
Darker −30%#2D96B9
Darker −40%#237590
More saturated +25%#89DBF6
Less saturated −25%#A9CBD6

Channel breakdown

R153
G211
B230
Red153 (60%)
Green211 (82.7%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue194.81°
Saturation (HSL)60.63%
Lightness75.1%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G D3 · B E6

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