Colour

#99ECE7

#99ECE7
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Pale turquoise

#99ECE7 is a cyan with RGB values 153, 236, 231 and HSL 176°, 69%, 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

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HEX#99ECE7

RGBrgb(153, 236, 231)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.9255, 0.9059

RGB percentages60%, 92.5%, 90.6%

HSLhsl(176.4, 68.6%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(176.4, 35.2%, 92.5%)

CMYK35.2%, 0%, 2.1%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,087,655

CSS custom property--colour: #99ECE7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72533WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness214 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.51:1

Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DADADA

Inverted#661318

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3E4E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#D4D9E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.5 from the original

Tritanopia#79F0EAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 6.9 Powder blue · ΔE 12.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.1 Light blue · ΔE 17 Light cyan · ΔE 19.1 Turquoise · ΔE 19.2

Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 6.9, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#EC999E

Analogous#99ECBE, #99C8EC

Triadic#E799EC, #ECE799

Split complementary#EC99C8, #ECBE99

Tetradic#BD99EC, #EC999E, #C7EC99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#EFFCFB

Lighter +10%#C4F4F1

Darker −10%#6EE4DD

Darker −20%#43DCD3

Darker −30%#25C7BD

Darker −40%#1D9C94

More saturated +25%#8AFBF4

Less saturated −25%#A8DDDA

Channel breakdown

R153

G236

B231

Red153 (60%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue231 (90.6%)

Hue176.39°

Saturation (HSL)68.6%

Lightness76.27%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 99 · G EC · B E7

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