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Recognised as Colour

#99D6EC

  • #99D6EC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#99D6EC is a cyan with RGB values 153, 214, 236 and HSL 196°, 69%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#99D6EC#99D6EC
HEX#99D6EC
RGBrgb(153, 214, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.8392, 0.9255
RGB percentages60%, 83.9%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(195.9, 68.6%, 76.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.9, 35.2%, 92.5%)
CMYK35.2%, 9.3%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,082,028
CSS custom property--colour: #99D6EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60922WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.18:1
Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#662913

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C9D3EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCC9ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Tritanopia#7BDDDDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 5.4Light blue · ΔE 6.5Powder blue · ΔE 9.8Light skyblue · ΔE 12.2Light steelblue · ΔE 13.5Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.2
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 5.36, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECAF99
Analogous#99ECD8, #99ADEC
Triadic#EC99D6, #D6EC99
Split complementary#EC99AD, #ECD999
Tetradic#D899EC, #ECAF99, #ACEC99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EFF9FC
Lighter +10%#C4E7F4
Darker −10%#6EC5E4
Darker −20%#43B3DC
Darker −30%#259CC7
Darker −40%#1D7A9C
More saturated +25%#8ADDFB
Less saturated −25%#A8CFDD

Channel breakdown

R153
G214
B236
Red153 (60%)
Green214 (83.9%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue195.9°
Saturation (HSL)68.6%
Lightness76.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G D6 · B EC

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