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#999FFB

#999ffb ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#999ffb is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 62.35% green and 98.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 39.04% cyan, 36.65% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 236.33°, with 92.45% saturation and 79.22% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 9.37.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.3853

Complementary

  1. #999ffb
  2. #fbf599

Split complementary

  1. #999ffb
  2. #fbc499
  3. #d0fb99

Analogous

  1. #99d0fb
  2. #999ffb
  3. #c499fb

Triadic

  1. #999ffb
  2. #fb999f
  3. #9ffb99

Tetradic

  1. #999ffb
  2. #f599fb
  3. #fbf599
  4. #9ffb99

Square

  1. #999ffb
  2. #fb99d0
  3. #fbf599
  4. #99fbc4

Monochromatic

  1. #0918f2
  2. #4f5af8
  3. #999ffb
  4. #e3e4fe
  5. #ebedfe

Shades

#999ffb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #999ffb
  2. #8a8fe2
  3. #7a7fc9
  4. #6b6fb0
  5. #5c5f97
  6. #4d507e
  7. #3d4064
  8. #2e304b
  9. #1f2032
  10. #0f1019
  11. #000000

Tints

#999ffb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #999ffb
  2. #a3a9fb
  3. #adb2fc
  4. #b8bcfc
  5. #c2c5fd
  6. #cccffd
  7. #d6d9fd
  8. #e0e2fe
  9. #ebecfe
  10. #f5f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#999ffb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #999ffb
  2. #979cef
  3. #9499e2
  4. #9296d6
  5. #8f93ca
  6. #8d90be
  7. #8a8cb1
  8. #8889a5
  9. #858699
  10. #83838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a1a4ce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80abff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7aa3f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7cb1c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8ba6fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #88a2fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #88aadb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-999ffb {
  color: #999ffb;
}
Background
.bg-999ffb {
  background-color: #999ffb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-999ffb {
  border: 2px solid #999ffb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #999ffb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 159 251;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 92% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-999ffb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #999ffb, #c499fb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-999ffb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 159 251 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.37 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.93 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.36 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.44 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 11.59 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 13.82 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 13.83 #666004 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#999ffb  rgb(153, 159, 251)  hsl(236, 92%, 79%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#fbf599  rgb(251, 245, 153)  hsl(56, 92%, 79%)  Pastel Yellow
#fb999f  rgb(251, 153, 159)  hsl(356, 92%, 79%)  Salmon Pink
#9ffb99  rgb(159, 251, 153)  hsl(116, 92%, 79%)  Pale Green