Colour

#99FFEF

#99FFEF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Pale turquoise

#99FFEF is a cyan with RGB values 153, 255, 239 and HSL 171°, 100%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#99FFEF#99FFEF

HEX#99FFEF

RGBrgb(153, 255, 239)

RGB (0–1)0.6, 1, 0.9373

RGB percentages60%, 100%, 93.7%

HSLhsl(170.6, 100%, 80%)

HSV / HSBhsv(170.6, 40%, 100%)

CMYK40%, 0%, 6.3%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer10,092,527

CSS custom property--colour: #99FFEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.84524WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness227.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.9:1

Contrast with white1.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8

Inverted#660010

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F6F4EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#E5E7F0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.6 from the original

Tritanopia#72FFFAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.17:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 15 Turquoise · ΔE 16.5 Aquamarine · ΔE 16.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.5 Aqua · ΔE 19.4 Cyan · ΔE 19.4

Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 15, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF99A9

Analogous#99FFBC, #99DCFF

Triadic#EF99FF, #FFEF99

Split complementary#FF99DC, #FFBC99

Tetradic#BC99FF, #FF99A9, #DCFF99

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#CCFFF7

Darker −10%#66FFE7

Darker −20%#33FFDF

Darker −30%#00FFD7

Darker −40%#00CCAC

More saturated +25%#99FFEF

Less saturated −25%#A6F2E6

Channel breakdown

R153

G255

B239

Red153 (60%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue239 (93.7%)

Hue170.59°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness80%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 99 · G FF · B EF

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