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Recognised as Colour

#99DBDC

  • #99DBDC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#99DBDC is a cyan with RGB values 153, 219, 220 and HSL 181°, 49%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#99DBDC#99DBDC
HEX#99DBDC
RGBrgb(153, 219, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.8588, 0.8627
RGB percentages60%, 85.9%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(180.9, 48.9%, 73.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180.9, 30.5%, 86.3%)
CMYK30.5%, 0.5%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,083,292
CSS custom property--colour: #99DBDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62603WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.52:1
Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD
Inverted#662423

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2D5DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C6CBDDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Tritanopia#80DFDBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 6.9Powder blue · ΔE 7Light blue · ΔE 10.5Sky blue · ΔE 15.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.1Light cyan · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 6.91, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC9A99
Analogous#99DCBC, #99BADC
Triadic#DC99DB, #DBDC99
Split complementary#DC99BA, #DCBC99
Tetradic#BC99DC, #DC9A99, #BADC99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E5F6F6
Lighter +10%#BFE8E9
Darker −10%#73CECF
Darker −20%#4DC0C2
Darker −30%#38A2A4
Darker −40%#2B7D7E
More saturated +25%#88ECED
Less saturated −25%#AACACB

Channel breakdown

R153
G219
B220
Red153 (60%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue180.9°
Saturation (HSL)48.91%
Lightness73.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G DB · B DC

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