Colour

#99FFDC

#99FFDC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#99FFDC is a cyan with RGB values 153, 255, 220 and HSL 159°, 100%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#99FFDC#99FFDC

HEX#99FFDC

RGBrgb(153, 255, 220)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 1, 0.8627

RGB percentages60%, 100%, 86.3%

HSLhsl(159.4, 100%, 80%)

HSV / HSBhsv(159.4, 40%, 100%)

CMYK40%, 0%, 13.7%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,092,508

CSS custom property--colour: #99FFDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.8346WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness225.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.69:1

Contrast with white1.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7

Inverted#660023

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FAF3DAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#E9E7DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original

Tritanopia#7AFFF5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.19:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 8.4 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.6 Turquoise · ΔE 17.8 Medium turquoise · ΔE 22.7 Pale turquoise · ΔE 22.8 Aqua · ΔE 24.1

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 8.37, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF99BC

Analogous#99FFA9, #99EFFF

Triadic#DC99FF, #FFDC99

Split complementary#FF99EF, #FFA999

Tetradic#A999FF, #FF99BC, #EFFF99

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#CCFFEE

Darker −10%#66FFCB

Darker −20%#33FFB9

Darker −30%#00FFA8

Darker −40%#00CC86

More saturated +25%#99FFDC

Less saturated −25%#A6F2D8

Channel breakdown

R153

G255

B220

Red153 (60%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue220 (86.3%)

Hue159.41°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness80%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 99 · G FF · B DC

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