#99DFEF#99DFEF

#99DFEF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.073 H 213.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#99DFEF
RGB	rgb(153, 223, 239)
HSL	hsl(191, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(191, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 6.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.88, -17.93, -14.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.88, 23.22, 219.45°)
OKLab	oklab(86.27% -0.0609 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(86.27% 0.073 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.0992, 65.7763, 91.4374)
Luminance	0.6578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#99DFEF #EFA999

analogous

#99EFD4 #99DFEF #99B4EF

triadic

#99DFEF #EF99DF #DFEF99

tetradic

#99DFEF #D499EF #EFA999 #B4EF99

square

#99DFEF #D499EF #EFA999 #B4EF99

split-complementary

#99DFEF #EF99B4 #EFD499

monochromatic

#2FBEDE #64CEE7 #99DFEF #CEF0F7 #E5F7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#99DFEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#99DFEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #99DFEF

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##99DFEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##99DFEF	1.00	1.48	14.16	14.16
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3DAF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5CFEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78E6E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #99dfef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 223, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.073 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bae9f4',
    500: '#99dfef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #99dfef;
$custom-light: #bae9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#99dfef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.163,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86274,
    "c": 0.07315,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#99DFEF

secondary

#CC7461

accent

#3511D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121617

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #99DFEF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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