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Recognised as Colour

#99EEFE

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

#99EEFE is a cyan with RGB values 153, 238, 254 and HSL 190°, 98%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#99EEFE#99EEFE
HEX#99EEFE
RGBrgb(153, 238, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.9333, 0.9961
RGB percentages60%, 93.3%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(189.5, 98.1%, 79.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189.5, 39.8%, 99.6%)
CMYK39.8%, 6.3%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,088,190
CSS custom property--colour: #99EEFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75077WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.02:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD
Inverted#661101

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E0E8FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#CFDBFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25 from the original
Tritanopia#6EF5F3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.7Powder blue · ΔE 11.4Light blue · ΔE 13Sky blue · ΔE 13.5Light cyan · ΔE 19.1Light skyblue · ΔE 19.3
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 9.67, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEA999
Analogous#99FEDC, #99BBFE
Triadic#FE99EE, #EEFE99
Split complementary#FE99BB, #FEDC99
Tetradic#DC99FE, #FEA999, #BCFE99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFFFF
Lighter +10%#CCF6FE
Darker −10%#66E6FE
Darker −20%#34DDFD
Darker −30%#02D4FC
Darker −40%#02A9C9
More saturated +25%#98EFFF
Less saturated −25%#A6E5F1

Channel breakdown

R153
G238
B254
Red153 (60%)
Green238 (93.3%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue189.5°
Saturation (HSL)98.06%
Lightness79.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G EE · B FE

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