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#99BBFF

#99bbff ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#99bbff is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 73.33% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40% cyan, 26.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 220°, 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 10.91:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 8.14.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.4953

Complementary

  1. #99bbff
  2. #ffdd99

Split complementary

  1. #99bbff
  2. #ffaa99
  3. #eeff99

Analogous

  1. #99eeff
  2. #99bbff
  3. #aa99ff

Triadic

  1. #99bbff
  2. #ff99bb
  3. #bbff99

Tetradic

  1. #99bbff
  2. #dd99ff
  3. #ffdd99
  4. #bbff99

Square

  1. #99bbff
  2. #ff99ee
  3. #ffdd99
  4. #99ffaa

Monochromatic

  1. #0055ff
  2. #4d88ff
  3. #99bbff
  4. #e5eeff
  5. #ebf1ff

Shades

#99bbff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #99bbff
  2. #8aa8e6
  3. #7a96cc
  4. #6b83b3
  5. #5c7099
  6. #4d5e80
  7. #3d4b66
  8. #2e384d
  9. #1f2533
  10. #0f131a
  11. #000000

Tints

#99bbff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #99bbff
  2. #a3c2ff
  3. #adc9ff
  4. #b8cfff
  5. #c2d6ff
  6. #ccddff
  7. #d6e4ff
  8. #e0ebff
  9. #ebf1ff
  10. #f5f8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#99bbff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #99bbff
  2. #97b5f2
  3. #94afe6
  4. #92a9d9
  5. #8fa3cc
  6. #8d9ec0
  7. #8a98b3
  8. #8892a6
  9. #858c99
  10. #83868d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aebbd9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a3c0ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #99b7fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #77c9d3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9fbeff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #99b8fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #86c4e6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-99bbff {
  color: #99bbff;
}
Background
.bg-99bbff {
  background-color: #99bbff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-99bbff {
  border: 2px solid #99bbff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #99bbff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 187 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 220 100% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-99bbff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #99bbff, #aa99ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-99bbff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 187 255 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.14 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.38 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.47 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.61 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.27 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 11.28 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 11.73 #664400 Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#99bbff  rgb(153, 187, 255)  hsl(220, 100%, 80%)  Light Steel Blue
#ffdd99  rgb(255, 221, 153)  hsl(40, 100%, 80%)  Navajo White
#ff99bb  rgb(255, 153, 187)  hsl(340, 100%, 80%)  Flamingo Pink
#bbff99  rgb(187, 255, 153)  hsl(100, 100%, 80%)  Mint Green