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#999FBA

#999fba ≈ Cool Gray

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#999fba is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 62.35% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.74% cyan, 14.52% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 229.09°, with 19.3% saturation and 66.47% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cool Gray (#8c92ac), ΔE 4.17.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3511

Complementary

  1. #999fba
  2. #bab499

Split complementary

  1. #999fba
  2. #baa399
  3. #afba99

Analogous

  1. #99afba
  2. #999fba
  3. #a399ba

Triadic

  1. #999fba
  2. #ba999f
  3. #9fba99

Tetradic

  1. #999fba
  2. #b499ba
  3. #bab499
  4. #9fba99

Square

  1. #999fba
  2. #ba99af
  3. #bab499
  4. #99baa3

Monochromatic

  1. #4b526f
  2. #6b749b
  3. #999fba
  4. #c7cad9
  5. #f3f4f7

Shades

#999fba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #999fba
  2. #8a8fa7
  3. #7a7f95
  4. #6b6f82
  5. #5c5f70
  6. #4d505d
  7. #3d404a
  8. #2e3038
  9. #1f2025
  10. #0f1013
  11. #000000

Tints

#999fba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #999fba
  2. #a3a9c1
  3. #adb2c8
  4. #b8bccf
  5. #c2c5d6
  6. #cccfdd
  7. #d6d9e3
  8. #e0e2ea
  9. #ebecf1
  10. #f5f5f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#999fba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #999fba
  2. #979cb4
  3. #9499ae
  4. #9296a9
  5. #8f93a3
  6. #8d909d
  7. #8a8c97
  8. #888991
  9. #85868c
  10. #838386
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9da0ab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #98a1bb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #969fb9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #92a4a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #98a0bb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #979fba ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #95a2af ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-999fba {
  color: #999fba;
}
Background
.bg-999fba {
  background-color: #999fba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-999fba {
  border: 2px solid #999fba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #999fba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 159 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 229 19% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-999fba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #999fba, #a399ba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-999fba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 159 186 / 0.35);
}

#8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 4.17 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 4.89 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 10.32 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 10.80 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.30 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.36 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 11.36 #666045 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Cool Gray
#999fba  rgb(153, 159, 186)  hsl(229, 19%, 66%)  Cool Gray
#bab499  rgb(186, 180, 153)  hsl(49, 19%, 66%)  Sage
#ba999f  rgb(186, 153, 159)  hsl(349, 19%, 66%)  Rosy Brown
#9fba99  rgb(159, 186, 153)  hsl(109, 19%, 66%)  Dark Sea Green