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#99AEE6

#99aee6 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#99aee6 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 68.24% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 33.48% cyan, 24.35% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 223.64°, with 60.63% saturation and 75.1% 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 9.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 5.5.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.4276

Complementary

  1. #99aee6
  2. #e6d199

Split complementary

  1. #99aee6
  2. #e6ab99
  3. #d4e699

Analogous

  1. #99d4e6
  2. #99aee6
  3. #ab99e6

Triadic

  1. #99aee6
  2. #e699ae
  3. #aee699

Tetradic

  1. #99aee6
  2. #d199e6
  3. #e6d199
  4. #aee699

Square

  1. #99aee6
  2. #e699d4
  3. #e6d199
  4. #99e6ab

Monochromatic

  1. #2d53b9
  2. #5c7dd7
  3. #99aee6
  4. #d6dff5
  5. #eff2fb

Shades

#99aee6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #99aee6
  2. #8a9dcf
  3. #7a8bb8
  4. #6b7aa1
  5. #5c688a
  6. #4d5773
  7. #3d465c
  8. #2e3445
  9. #1f232e
  10. #0f1117
  11. #000000

Tints

#99aee6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #99aee6
  2. #a3b6e9
  3. #adbeeb
  4. #b8c6ee
  5. #c2cef0
  6. #ccd7f3
  7. #d6dff5
  8. #e0e7f8
  9. #ebeffa
  10. #f5f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#99aee6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #99aee6
  2. #97a9dc
  3. #94a5d2
  4. #92a0c7
  5. #8f9cbd
  6. #8d97b3
  7. #8a92a9
  8. #888e9f
  9. #858994
  10. #83858a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7aec7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9cb2e8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #95ace5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #83b9c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9bb1e8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #97ade5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8cb5d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-99aee6 {
  color: #99aee6;
}
Background
.bg-99aee6 {
  background-color: #99aee6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-99aee6 {
  border: 2px solid #99aee6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #99aee6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 174 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 61% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-99aee6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #99aee6, #ab99e6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-99aee6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 174 230 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.50 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.55 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.41 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 10.24 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.85 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 11.66 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.07 #665119 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#99aee6  rgb(153, 174, 230)  hsl(224, 61%, 75%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e6d199  rgb(230, 209, 153)  hsl(44, 61%, 75%)  Wheat
#e699ae  rgb(230, 153, 174)  hsl(344, 61%, 75%)  Flamingo Pink
#aee699  rgb(174, 230, 153)  hsl(104, 61%, 75%)  Granny Smith Apple