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#99BBC7

#99bbc7 ≈ Pastel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#99bbc7 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 73.33% green and 78.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.12% cyan, 6.03% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.96% black. Its hue angle is 195.65°, with 29.11% saturation and 69.02% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.29:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Blue (#aec6cf), ΔE 4.32.

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Web safe#99cccc
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Relative luminance0.4644

Complementary

  1. #99bbc7
  2. #c7a599

Split complementary

  1. #99bbc7
  2. #c799a4
  3. #c7bc99

Analogous

  1. #99c7bc
  2. #99bbc7
  3. #99a4c7

Triadic

  1. #99bbc7
  2. #c799bb
  3. #bbc799

Tetradic

  1. #99bbc7
  2. #a599c7
  3. #c7a599
  4. #bbc799

Square

  1. #99bbc7
  2. #bc99c7
  3. #c7a599
  4. #a4c799

Monochromatic

  1. #477180
  2. #689aac
  3. #99bbc7
  4. #cadce2
  5. #f2f6f8

Shades

#99bbc7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #99bbc7
  2. #8aa8b3
  3. #7a969f
  4. #6b838b
  5. #5c7077
  6. #4d5e64
  7. #3d4b50
  8. #2e383c
  9. #1f2528
  10. #0f1314
  11. #000000

Tints

#99bbc7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #99bbc7
  2. #a3c2cd
  3. #adc9d2
  4. #b8cfd8
  5. #c2d6dd
  6. #ccdde3
  7. #d6e4e9
  8. #e0ebee
  9. #ebf1f4
  10. #f5f8f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#99bbc7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #99bbc7
  2. #97b5c0
  3. #94afb9
  4. #92a9b2
  5. #8fa3ab
  6. #8d9ea4
  7. #8a989c
  8. #889295
  9. #858c8e
  10. #838687
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.04:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.29:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #abb8bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b4b9c8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #acb3c7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8bbfbf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aabac7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a5b6c7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #91bec2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-99bbc7 {
  color: #99bbc7;
}
Background
.bg-99bbc7 {
  background-color: #99bbc7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-99bbc7 {
  border: 2px solid #99bbc7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #99bbc7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 187 199;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 29% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-99bbc7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #99bbc7, #99a4c7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-99bbc7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 187 199 / 0.35);
}

#aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 4.32 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 7.27 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.66 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.08 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.25 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.45 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.68 #664438 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Pastel Blue
#99bbc7  rgb(153, 187, 199)  hsl(196, 29%, 69%)  Pastel Blue
#c7a599  rgb(199, 165, 153)  hsl(16, 29%, 69%)  Silver Pink
#c799bb  rgb(199, 153, 187)  hsl(316, 29%, 69%)  Lilac
#bbc799  rgb(187, 199, 153)  hsl(76, 29%, 69%)  Sage