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#99BCFF

#99bcff ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#99bcff 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 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40% cyan, 26.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 219.41°, with 100% saturation and 80% 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 10.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 8.09.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.4996

Complementary

  1. #99bcff
  2. #ffdc99

Split complementary

  1. #99bcff
  2. #ffa999
  3. #efff99

Analogous

  1. #99efff
  2. #99bcff
  3. #a999ff

Triadic

  1. #99bcff
  2. #ff99bc
  3. #bcff99

Tetradic

  1. #99bcff
  2. #dc99ff
  3. #ffdc99
  4. #bcff99

Square

  1. #99bcff
  2. #ff99ef
  3. #ffdc99
  4. #99ffa9

Monochromatic

  1. #0058ff
  2. #4d8aff
  3. #99bcff
  4. #e5eeff
  5. #ebf2ff

Shades

#99bcff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #99bcff
  2. #8aa9e6
  3. #7a96cc
  4. #6b84b3
  5. #5c7199
  6. #4d5e80
  7. #3d4b66
  8. #2e384d
  9. #1f2633
  10. #0f131a
  11. #000000

Tints

#99bcff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #99bcff
  2. #a3c3ff
  3. #adc9ff
  4. #b8d0ff
  5. #c2d7ff
  6. #ccdeff
  7. #d6e4ff
  8. #e0ebff
  9. #ebf2ff
  10. #f5f8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#99bcff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #99bcff
  2. #97b6f2
  3. #94b0e6
  4. #92aad9
  5. #8fa4cc
  6. #8d9ec0
  7. #8a98b3
  8. #8892a6
  9. #858c99
  10. #83868d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afbcda ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a4c1ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9ab7fe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #76cad3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a0bfff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #99b9fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #86c5e6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-99bcff {
  color: #99bcff;
}
Background
.bg-99bcff {
  background-color: #99bcff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-99bcff {
  border: 2px solid #99bcff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #99bcff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 188 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 100% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-99bcff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #99bcff, #a999ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-99bcff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 188 255 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.09 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.11 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.48 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.74 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.98 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 11.43 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 11.61 #664300 Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#99bcff  rgb(153, 188, 255)  hsl(219, 100%, 80%)  Light Steel Blue
#ffdc99  rgb(255, 220, 153)  hsl(39, 100%, 80%)  Navajo White
#ff99bc  rgb(255, 153, 188)  hsl(339, 100%, 80%)  Carnation Pink
#bcff99  rgb(188, 255, 153)  hsl(99, 100%, 80%)  Mint Green