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#99BCDA

#99bcda ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#99bcda is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 73.73% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.82% cyan, 13.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 207.69°, with 46.76% saturation and 72.75% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 5.03.

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Web safe#99cccc
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Relative luminance0.478

Complementary

  1. #99bcda
  2. #dab799

Split complementary

  1. #99bcda
  2. #da999c
  3. #dad899

Analogous

  1. #99dad8
  2. #99bcda
  3. #999cda

Triadic

  1. #99bcda
  2. #da99bc
  3. #bcda99

Tetradic

  1. #99bcda
  2. #b799da
  3. #dab799
  4. #bcda99

Square

  1. #99bcda
  2. #d899da
  3. #dab799
  4. #9cda99

Monochromatic

  1. #3a71a0
  2. #6197c6
  3. #99bcda
  4. #d1e1ee
  5. #f0f5fa

Shades

#99bcda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #99bcda
  2. #8aa9c4
  3. #7a96ae
  4. #6b8499
  5. #5c7183
  6. #4d5e6d
  7. #3d4b57
  8. #2e3841
  9. #1f262c
  10. #0f1316
  11. #000000

Tints

#99bcda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #99bcda
  2. #a3c3de
  3. #adc9e1
  4. #b8d0e5
  5. #c2d7e9
  6. #ccdeed
  7. #d6e4f0
  8. #e0ebf4
  9. #ebf2f8
  10. #f5f8fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#99bcda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #99bcda
  2. #97b6d1
  3. #94b0c8
  4. #92aabf
  5. #8fa4b6
  6. #8d9ead
  7. #8a98a4
  8. #88929b
  9. #858c92
  10. #838689
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #acb9c6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b0bcdc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a8b5d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #85c3c6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7bcdb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a2b8da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8ec0ce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-99bcda {
  color: #99bcda;
}
Background
.bg-99bcda {
  background-color: #99bcda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-99bcda {
  border: 2px solid #99bcda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #99bcda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 188 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 47% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-99bcda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #99bcda, #999cda);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-99bcda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 188 218 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.03 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.18 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.49 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.58 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.66 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.77 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 8.13 #664325 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#99bcda  rgb(153, 188, 218)  hsl(208, 47%, 73%)  Light Steel Blue
#dab799  rgb(218, 183, 153)  hsl(28, 47%, 73%)  Tan
#da99bc  rgb(218, 153, 188)  hsl(328, 47%, 73%)  Lilac
#bcda99  rgb(188, 218, 153)  hsl(88, 47%, 73%)  Granny Smith Apple