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Recognised as Colour

#99EBED

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

#99EBED is a cyan with RGB values 153, 235, 237 and HSL 181°, 70%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#99EBED#99EBED
HEX#99EBED
RGBrgb(153, 235, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.9216, 0.9294
RGB percentages60%, 92.2%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(181.4, 70%, 76.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.4, 35.4%, 92.9%)
CMYK35.4%, 0.8%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,087,405
CSS custom property--colour: #99EBED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72303WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.46:1
Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#661412

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E1E4EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1D8EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.5 from the original
Tritanopia#77F0EBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 5.7Powder blue · ΔE 10.5Light blue · ΔE 14.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.2Sky blue · ΔE 18Light cyan · ΔE 18.3
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 5.68, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ED9B99
Analogous#99EDC5, #99C1ED
Triadic#ED99EB, #EBED99
Split complementary#ED99C1, #EDC599
Tetradic#C599ED, #ED9B99, #C1ED99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F0FCFC
Lighter +10%#C4F3F5
Darker −10%#6EE2E5
Darker −20%#42DADE
Darker −30%#24C5C9
Darker −40%#1C9B9E
More saturated +25%#8AF9FC
Less saturated −25%#A8DDDE

Channel breakdown

R153
G235
B237
Red153 (60%)
Green235 (92.2%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue181.43°
Saturation (HSL)70%
Lightness76.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G EB · B ED

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