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Recognised as Colour

#99DFDC

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

#99DFDC is a cyan with RGB values 153, 223, 220 and HSL 177°, 52%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#99DFDC#99DFDC
HEX#99DFDC
RGBrgb(153, 223, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.8745, 0.8627
RGB percentages60%, 87.5%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(177.4, 52.2%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.4, 31.4%, 87.5%)
CMYK31.4%, 0%, 1.3%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,084,316
CSS custom property--colour: #99DFDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64715WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.94:1
Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#662023

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7D8DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#CACEDDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Tritanopia#80E3DEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 6.4Powder blue · ΔE 8.9Light blue · ΔE 13Medium turquoise · ΔE 17Sky blue · ΔE 18.2Light cyan · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 6.41, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DF999C
Analogous#99DFB9, #99BFDF
Triadic#DC99DF, #DFDC99
Split complementary#DF99BF, #DFB999
Tetradic#B999DF, #DF999C, #BFDF99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E7F7F7
Lighter +10%#C0EBE9
Darker −10%#72D3CF
Darker −20%#4BC7C1
Darker −30%#35AAA5
Darker −40%#29837F
More saturated +25%#88F0EB
Less saturated −25%#AACECD

Channel breakdown

R153
G223
B220
Red153 (60%)
Green223 (87.5%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue177.43°
Saturation (HSL)52.24%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 99 · G DF · B DC

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