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#99BCDD

#99bcdd ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#99bcdd 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 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.77% cyan, 14.93% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 209.12°, with 50% saturation and 73.33% 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 10.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.9.

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Web safe#99cccc
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Relative luminance0.4796

Complementary

  1. #99bcdd
  2. #ddba99

Split complementary

  1. #99bcdd
  2. #dd999a
  3. #dddc99

Analogous

  1. #99dddc
  2. #99bcdd
  3. #999add

Triadic

  1. #99bcdd
  2. #dd99bc
  3. #bcdd99

Tetradic

  1. #99bcdd
  2. #ba99dd
  3. #ddba99
  4. #bcdd99

Square

  1. #99bcdd
  2. #dc99dd
  3. #ddba99
  4. #9add99

Monochromatic

  1. #3770a6
  2. #6096ca
  3. #99bcdd
  4. #d2e2f0
  5. #f0f5fa

Shades

#99bcdd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #99bcdd
  2. #8aa9c7
  3. #7a96b1
  4. #6b849b
  5. #5c7185
  6. #4d5e6f
  7. #3d4b58
  8. #2e3842
  9. #1f262c
  10. #0f1316
  11. #000000

Tints

#99bcdd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #99bcdd
  2. #a3c3e0
  3. #adc9e4
  4. #b8d0e7
  5. #c2d7eb
  6. #ccdeee
  7. #d6e4f1
  8. #e0ebf5
  9. #ebf2f8
  10. #f5f8fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#99bcdd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #99bcdd
  2. #97b6d4
  3. #94b0ca
  4. #92aac1
  5. #8fa4b8
  6. #8d9eaf
  7. #8a98a5
  8. #88929c
  9. #858c93
  10. #838689
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #acbac8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #afbcdf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a7b5dc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #84c4c7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7bcde ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a1b8dd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8dc1d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-99bcdd {
  color: #99bcdd;
}
Background
.bg-99bcdd {
  background-color: #99bcdd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-99bcdd {
  border: 2px solid #99bcdd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #99bcdd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 188 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 50% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-99bcdd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #99bcdd, #999add);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-99bcdd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 188 221 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.90 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.29 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.35 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.65 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.99 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.10 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.75 #664322 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#99bcdd  rgb(153, 188, 221)  hsl(209, 50%, 73%)  Light Steel Blue
#ddba99  rgb(221, 186, 153)  hsl(29, 50%, 73%)  Tan
#dd99bc  rgb(221, 153, 188)  hsl(329, 50%, 73%)  Carnation Pink
#bcdd99  rgb(188, 221, 153)  hsl(89, 50%, 73%)  Granny Smith Apple