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#99BCDB

#99bcdb ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#99bcdb 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 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.14% cyan, 14.16% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 208.18°, with 47.83% saturation and 72.94% 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 10.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.96.

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Relative luminance0.4785

Complementary

  1. #99bcdb
  2. #dbb899

Split complementary

  1. #99bcdb
  2. #db999b
  3. #dbd999

Analogous

  1. #99dbd9
  2. #99bcdb
  3. #999bdb

Triadic

  1. #99bcdb
  2. #db99bc
  3. #bcdb99

Tetradic

  1. #99bcdb
  2. #b899db
  3. #dbb899
  4. #bcdb99

Square

  1. #99bcdb
  2. #d999db
  3. #dbb899
  4. #9bdb99

Monochromatic

  1. #3971a2
  2. #6097c7
  3. #99bcdb
  4. #d2e1ef
  5. #f0f5fa

Shades

#99bcdb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #99bcdb
  2. #8aa9c5
  3. #7a96af
  4. #6b8499
  5. #5c7183
  6. #4d5e6e
  7. #3d4b58
  8. #2e3842
  9. #1f262c
  10. #0f1316
  11. #000000

Tints

#99bcdb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #99bcdb
  2. #a3c3df
  3. #adc9e2
  4. #b8d0e6
  5. #c2d7e9
  6. #ccdeed
  7. #d6e4f1
  8. #e0ebf4
  9. #ebf2f8
  10. #f5f8fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#99bcdb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #99bcdb
  2. #97b6d2
  3. #94b0c9
  4. #92aac0
  5. #8fa4b7
  6. #8d9eae
  7. #8a98a4
  8. #88929b
  9. #858c92
  10. #838689
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #acbac7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b0bcdd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a7b5da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #85c3c6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7bcdc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a2b8db ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8dc0cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-99bcdb {
  color: #99bcdb;
}
Background
.bg-99bcdb {
  background-color: #99bcdb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-99bcdb {
  border: 2px solid #99bcdb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #99bcdb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 188 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 48% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-99bcdb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #99bcdb, #999bdb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-99bcdb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 188 219 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.96 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.20 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.42 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.71 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.72 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.80 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.38 #664324 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#99bcdb  rgb(153, 188, 219)  hsl(208, 48%, 73%)  Light Steel Blue
#dbb899  rgb(219, 184, 153)  hsl(28, 48%, 73%)  Tan
#db99bc  rgb(219, 153, 188)  hsl(328, 48%, 73%)  Lilac
#bcdb99  rgb(188, 219, 153)  hsl(88, 48%, 73%)  Granny Smith Apple