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Recognised as Colour

#99DCDC

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

#99DCDC is a cyan with RGB values 153, 220, 220 and HSL 180°, 49%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#99DCDC#99DCDC
HEX#99DCDC
RGBrgb(153, 220, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.8627, 0.8627
RGB percentages60%, 86.3%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(180, 48.9%, 73.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180, 30.5%, 86.3%)
CMYK30.5%, 0%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,083,548
CSS custom property--colour: #99DCDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63126WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness202.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.63:1
Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#662323

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4D6DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C7CCDDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.6 from the original
Tritanopia#80E0DCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 6.7Powder blue · ΔE 7.4Light blue · ΔE 11.1Sky blue · ΔE 16.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.8Light cyan · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 6.68, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC9999
Analogous#99DCBB, #99BBDC
Triadic#DC99DC, #DCDC99
Split complementary#DC99BB, #DCBB99
Tetradic#BB99DC, #DC9999, #BBDC99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E5F6F6
Lighter +10%#BFE9E9
Darker −10%#73CFCF
Darker −20%#4DC2C2
Darker −30%#38A4A4
Darker −40%#2B7E7E
More saturated +25%#88EDED
Less saturated −25%#AACBCB

Channel breakdown

R153
G220
B220
Red153 (60%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue180°
Saturation (HSL)48.91%
Lightness73.14%
Dominant channelGreen and Blue
Hex per channelR 99 · G DC · B DC

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