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#99BCFE

#99bcfe ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#99bcfe 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 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 39.76% cyan, 25.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 219.21°, with 98.06% saturation and 79.8% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.98:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 8.02.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.4989

Complementary

  1. #99bcfe
  2. #fedb99

Split complementary

  1. #99bcfe
  2. #fea899
  3. #eefe99

Analogous

  1. #99eefe
  2. #99bcfe
  3. #a899fe

Triadic

  1. #99bcfe
  2. #fe99bc
  3. #bcfe99

Tetradic

  1. #99bcfe
  2. #db99fe
  3. #fedb99
  4. #bcfe99

Square

  1. #99bcfe
  2. #fe99ee
  3. #fedb99
  4. #99fea8

Monochromatic

  1. #0259fc
  2. #4d8afd
  3. #99bcfe
  4. #e5eeff
  5. #ebf2ff

Shades

#99bcfe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #99bcfe
  2. #8aa9e5
  3. #7a96cb
  4. #6b84b2
  5. #5c7198
  6. #4d5e7f
  7. #3d4b66
  8. #2e384c
  9. #1f2633
  10. #0f1319
  11. #000000

Tints

#99bcfe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #99bcfe
  2. #a3c3fe
  3. #adc9fe
  4. #b8d0fe
  5. #c2d7fe
  6. #ccdeff
  7. #d6e4ff
  8. #e0ebff
  9. #ebf2ff
  10. #f5f8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#99bcfe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #99bcfe
  2. #97b6f1
  3. #94b0e5
  4. #92aad8
  5. #8fa4cc
  6. #8d9ebf
  7. #8a98b2
  8. #8892a6
  9. #858c99
  10. #83868d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.98:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afbcd9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a5c1ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9ab7fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #77cad3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a0bfff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ab9fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #86c4e5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-99bcfe {
  color: #99bcfe;
}
Background
.bg-99bcfe {
  background-color: #99bcfe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-99bcfe {
  border: 2px solid #99bcfe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #99bcfe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 188 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 98% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-99bcfe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #99bcfe, #a899fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-99bcfe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 188 254 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.02 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.06 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.43 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.65 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.93 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 11.42 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 11.59 #664301 Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#99bcfe  rgb(153, 188, 254)  hsl(219, 98%, 80%)  Light Steel Blue
#fedb99  rgb(254, 219, 153)  hsl(39, 98%, 80%)  Navajo White
#fe99bc  rgb(254, 153, 188)  hsl(339, 98%, 80%)  Carnation Pink
#bcfe99  rgb(188, 254, 153)  hsl(99, 98%, 80%)  Pale Green