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#99B7F5

#99b7f5 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#99b7f5 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 71.76% green and 96.08% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 37.55% cyan, 25.31% magenta, 0% yellow and 3.92% black. Its hue angle is 220.43°, with 82.14% saturation and 78.04% 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 10.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 7.85.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.4723

Complementary

  1. #99b7f5
  2. #f5d799

Split complementary

  1. #99b7f5
  2. #f5a999
  3. #e5f599

Analogous

  1. #99e5f5
  2. #99b7f5
  3. #a999f5

Triadic

  1. #99b7f5
  2. #f599b7
  3. #b7f599

Tetradic

  1. #99b7f5
  2. #d799f5
  3. #f5d799
  4. #b7f599

Square

  1. #99b7f5
  2. #f599e5
  3. #f5d799
  4. #99f5a9

Monochromatic

  1. #1658df
  2. #5386ee
  3. #99b7f5
  4. #dfe8fc
  5. #ecf2fd

Shades

#99b7f5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #99b7f5
  2. #8aa5dd
  3. #7a92c4
  4. #6b80ac
  5. #5c6e93
  6. #4d5c7b
  7. #3d4962
  8. #2e374a
  9. #1f2531
  10. #0f1219
  11. #000000

Tints

#99b7f5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #99b7f5
  2. #a3bef6
  3. #adc5f7
  4. #b8cdf8
  5. #c2d4f9
  6. #ccdbfa
  7. #d6e2fb
  8. #e0e9fc
  9. #ebf1fd
  10. #f5f8fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#99b7f5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #99b7f5
  2. #97b2e9
  3. #94acde
  4. #92a7d2
  5. #8fa1c6
  6. #8d9cbb
  7. #8a96af
  8. #8891a3
  9. #858b97
  10. #83868c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #acb7d3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a2bbf8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #99b3f4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7cc4cc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ebaf7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #99b5f4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #88bfde ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-99b7f5 {
  color: #99b7f5;
}
Background
.bg-99b7f5 {
  background-color: #99b7f5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-99b7f5 {
  border: 2px solid #99b7f5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #99b7f5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 183 245;
  --color-primary-hsl: 220 82% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-99b7f5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #99b7f5, #a999f5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-99b7f5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 183 245 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.85 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.09 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.05 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.12 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 10.69 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.08 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.25 #66480a Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#99b7f5  rgb(153, 183, 245)  hsl(220, 82%, 78%)  Light Steel Blue
#f5d799  rgb(245, 215, 153)  hsl(40, 82%, 78%)  Navajo White
#f599b7  rgb(245, 153, 183)  hsl(340, 82%, 78%)  Flamingo Pink
#b7f599  rgb(183, 245, 153)  hsl(100, 82%, 78%)  Pale Green