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Recognised as Colour

#99EFFC

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

#99EFFC is a cyan with RGB values 153, 239, 252 and HSL 188°, 94%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#99EFFC#99EFFC
HEX#99EFFC
RGBrgb(153, 239, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.9373, 0.9882
RGB percentages60%, 93.7%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(187.9, 94.3%, 79.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(187.9, 39.3%, 98.8%)
CMYK39.3%, 5.2%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,088,444
CSS custom property--colour: #99EFFC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75534WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.11:1
Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#661003

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2E9FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1DCFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.6 from the original
Tritanopia#6FF6F3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 8.6Powder blue · ΔE 11.3Light blue · ΔE 13.5Sky blue · ΔE 14.8Light cyan · ΔE 18.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 8.63, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FCA699
Analogous#99FCD7, #99BEFC
Triadic#FC99EF, #EFFC99
Split complementary#FC99BD, #FCD899
Tetradic#D899FC, #FCA699, #BEFC99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FCFFFF
Lighter +10%#CBF7FD
Darker −10%#67E7FB
Darker −20%#36DFF9
Darker −30%#07D6F5
Darker −40%#06AAC3
More saturated +25%#96F1FF
Less saturated −25%#A6E5EF

Channel breakdown

R153
G239
B252
Red153 (60%)
Green239 (93.7%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue187.88°
Saturation (HSL)94.29%
Lightness79.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G EF · B FC

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