Colour

#99EFE4

#99EFE4
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Pale turquoise

#99EFE4 is a cyan with RGB values 153, 239, 228 and HSL 172°, 73%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#99EFE4#99EFE4

HEX#99EFE4

RGBrgb(153, 239, 228)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.9373, 0.8941

RGB percentages60%, 93.7%, 89.4%

HSLhsl(172.3, 72.9%, 76.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(172.3, 36%, 93.7%)

CMYK36%, 0%, 4.6%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,088,420

CSS custom property--colour: #99EFE4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74107WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness215.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.82:1

Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC

Inverted#66101B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E7E6E4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#D7DBE5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original

Tritanopia#7AF3EBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.5 Powder blue · ΔE 15.4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16 Turquoise · ΔE 17.5 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20 Light blue · ΔE 20.1

Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 9.46, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EF99A4

Analogous#99EFB9, #99CFEF

Triadic#E499EF, #EFE499

Split complementary#EF99CF, #EFB999

Tetradic#B999EF, #EF99A4, #CFEF99

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F1FDFB

Lighter +10%#C5F6F0

Darker −10%#6DE8D8

Darker −20%#41E1CD

Darker −30%#20CFB8

Darker −40%#19A391

More saturated +25%#8AFEEF

Less saturated −25%#A8E0D9

Channel breakdown

R153

G239

B228

Red153 (60%)

Green239 (93.7%)

Blue228 (89.4%)

Hue172.33°

Saturation (HSL)72.88%

Lightness76.86%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 99 · G EF · B E4

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