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Recognised as Colour

#99D7EE

  • #99D7EE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#99D7EE is a cyan with RGB values 153, 215, 238 and HSL 196°, 71%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#99D7EE#99D7EE
HEX#99D7EE
RGBrgb(153, 215, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.8431, 0.9333
RGB percentages60%, 84.3%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(196.2, 71.4%, 76.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.2, 35.7%, 93.3%)
CMYK35.7%, 9.7%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,082,286
CSS custom property--colour: #99D7EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61546WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.31:1
Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#662811

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CAD4EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDC9EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.9 from the original
Tritanopia#7ADEDEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 5.1Light blue · ΔE 7Powder blue · ΔE 10.2Light skyblue · ΔE 11.8Light steelblue · ΔE 13.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.5
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 5.14, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEB099
Analogous#99EEDB, #99ACEE
Triadic#EE99D7, #D7EE99
Split complementary#EE99AC, #EEDB99
Tetradic#DA99EE, #EEB099, #ACEE99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F0F9FD
Lighter +10%#C5E8F5
Darker −10%#6DC6E7
Darker −20%#42B5DF
Darker −30%#229ECC
Darker −40%#1B7CA0
More saturated +25%#8ADEFD
Less saturated −25%#A8D0DF

Channel breakdown

R153
G215
B238
Red153 (60%)
Green215 (84.3%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue196.24°
Saturation (HSL)71.43%
Lightness76.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G D7 · B EE

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