Colour

#99FFDF

#99FFDF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#99FFDF is a cyan with RGB values 153, 255, 223 and HSL 161°, 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

#99FFDF#99FFDF

HEX#99FFDF

RGBrgb(153, 255, 223)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 1, 0.8745

RGB percentages60%, 100%, 87.5%

HSLhsl(161.2, 100%, 80%)

HSV / HSBhsv(161.2, 40%, 100%)

CMYK40%, 0%, 12.5%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,092,511

CSS custom property--colour: #99FFDF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.8362WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness225.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.72:1

Contrast with white1.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E7E7E7

Inverted#660020

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F9F3DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#E8E7E1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.4 from the original

Tritanopia#79FFF5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.18:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 9.5 Turquoise · ΔE 17.2 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.8 Pale turquoise · ΔE 21.5 Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.8 Aqua · ΔE 23.1

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)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#FF99B9

Analogous#99FFAC, #99ECFF

Triadic#DF99FF, #FFDF99

Split complementary#FF99EC, #FFAC99

Tetradic#AC99FF, #FF99B9, #ECFF99

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#CCFFEF

Darker −10%#66FFCF

Darker −20%#33FFBF

Darker −30%#00FFAF

Darker −40%#00CC8C

More saturated +25%#99FFDF

Less saturated −25%#A6F2DA

Channel breakdown

R153

G255

B223

Red153 (60%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue223 (87.5%)

Hue161.18°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness80%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 99 · G FF · B DF

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