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Recognised as Colour

#99DDFD

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

#99DDFD is a cyan with RGB values 153, 221, 253 and HSL 199°, 96%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#99DDFD#99DDFD
HEX#99DDFD
RGBrgb(153, 221, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.8667, 0.9922
RGB percentages60%, 86.7%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(199.2, 96.2%, 79.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.2, 39.5%, 99.2%)
CMYK39.5%, 12.6%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,083,837
CSS custom property--colour: #99DDFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65577WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness207.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.12:1
Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#662202

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CDDAFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17 from the original
Deuteranopia#BECFFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Tritanopia#72E6E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 5.8Light skyblue · ΔE 8.4Light blue · ΔE 11.2Powder blue · ΔE 14.4Light steelblue · ΔE 15.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 5.84, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDB999
Analogous#99FDEB, #99ABFD
Triadic#FD99DD, #DDFD99
Split complementary#FD99AB, #FDEB99
Tetradic#EB99FD, #FDB999, #ABFD99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFEFF
Lighter +10%#CBEEFE
Darker −10%#67CCFC
Darker −20%#35BCFB
Darker −30%#05AAF8
Darker −40%#0488C6
More saturated +25%#97DEFF
Less saturated −25%#A6D8F0

Channel breakdown

R153
G221
B253
Red153 (60%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue199.2°
Saturation (HSL)96.15%
Lightness79.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G DD · B FD

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