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#99B3FF

#99b3ff ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#99b3ff is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 70.2% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40% cyan, 29.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 224.71°, with 100% saturation and 80% 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 10.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 8.76.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.4623

Complementary

  1. #99b3ff
  2. #ffe599

Split complementary

  1. #99b3ff
  2. #ffb299
  3. #e6ff99

Analogous

  1. #99e6ff
  2. #99b3ff
  3. #b299ff

Triadic

  1. #99b3ff
  2. #ff99b3
  3. #b3ff99

Tetradic

  1. #99b3ff
  2. #e599ff
  3. #ffe599
  4. #b3ff99

Square

  1. #99b3ff
  2. #ff99e6
  3. #ffe599
  4. #99ffb2

Monochromatic

  1. #0041ff
  2. #4d7aff
  3. #99b3ff
  4. #e5ecff
  5. #ebf0ff

Shades

#99b3ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #99b3ff
  2. #8aa1e6
  3. #7a8fcc
  4. #6b7db3
  5. #5c6b99
  6. #4d5a80
  7. #3d4866
  8. #2e364d
  9. #1f2433
  10. #0f121a
  11. #000000

Tints

#99b3ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #99b3ff
  2. #a3bbff
  3. #adc2ff
  4. #b8caff
  5. #c2d1ff
  6. #ccd9ff
  7. #d6e1ff
  8. #e0e8ff
  9. #ebf0ff
  10. #f5f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#99b3ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #99b3ff
  2. #97aef2
  3. #94a9e6
  4. #92a4d9
  5. #8f9fcc
  6. #8d9ac0
  7. #8a94b3
  8. #888fa6
  9. #858a99
  10. #83858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #abb4d7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #99baff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #90b1fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #78c2ce ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #99b7ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #93b2fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #86bce3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-99b3ff {
  color: #99b3ff;
}
Background
.bg-99b3ff {
  background-color: #99b3ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-99b3ff {
  border: 2px solid #99b3ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #99b3ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 179 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 100% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-99b3ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #99b3ff, #b299ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-99b3ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 179 255 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.76 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.88 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.60 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 10.28 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.52 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.69 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 11.90 #664c00 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#99b3ff  rgb(153, 179, 255)  hsl(225, 100%, 80%)  Light Steel Blue
#ffe599  rgb(255, 229, 153)  hsl(45, 100%, 80%)  Jasmine
#ff99b3  rgb(255, 153, 179)  hsl(345, 100%, 80%)  Flamingo Pink
#b3ff99  rgb(179, 255, 153)  hsl(105, 100%, 80%)  Mint Green