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#99BCCE

#99bcce ≈ Pastel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#99bcce is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 73.73% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.73% cyan, 8.74% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 200.38°, with 35.1% saturation and 70.39% 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 10.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Blue (#aec6cf), ΔE 4.86.

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Web safe#99cccc
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Relative luminance0.4719

Complementary

  1. #99bcce
  2. #ceab99

Split complementary

  1. #99bcce
  2. #ce99a1
  3. #cec599

Analogous

  1. #99cec5
  2. #99bcce
  3. #99a1ce

Triadic

  1. #99bcce
  2. #ce99bc
  3. #bcce99

Tetradic

  1. #99bcce
  2. #ab99ce
  3. #ceab99
  4. #bcce99

Square

  1. #99bcce
  2. #c599ce
  3. #ceab99
  4. #a1ce99

Monochromatic

  1. #43738b
  2. #659ab5
  3. #99bcce
  4. #cddee7
  5. #f1f6f8

Shades

#99bcce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #99bcce
  2. #8aa9b9
  3. #7a96a5
  4. #6b8490
  5. #5c717c
  6. #4d5e67
  7. #3d4b52
  8. #2e383e
  9. #1f2629
  10. #0f1315
  11. #000000

Tints

#99bcce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #99bcce
  2. #a3c3d3
  3. #adc9d8
  4. #b8d0dd
  5. #c2d7e2
  6. #ccdee7
  7. #d6e4eb
  8. #e0ebf0
  9. #ebf2f5
  10. #f5f8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#99bcce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #99bcce
  2. #97b6c6
  3. #94b0be
  4. #92aab7
  5. #8fa4af
  6. #8d9ea7
  7. #8a989f
  8. #889297
  9. #858c90
  10. #838688
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #acb9c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b3bacf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #abb4ce ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #89c1c2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9bbcf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a4b7ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #90bfc7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-99bcce {
  color: #99bcce;
}
Background
.bg-99bcce {
  background-color: #99bcce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-99bcce {
  border: 2px solid #99bcce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #99bcce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 188 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 35% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-99bcce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #99bcce, #99a1ce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-99bcce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 188 206 / 0.35);
}

#aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 4.86 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.16 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.17 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.37 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.38 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 7.39 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 7.45 #664331 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Pastel Blue
#99bcce  rgb(153, 188, 206)  hsl(200, 35%, 70%)  Pastel Blue
#ceab99  rgb(206, 171, 153)  hsl(20, 35%, 70%)  Tumbleweed
#ce99bc  rgb(206, 153, 188)  hsl(320, 35%, 70%)  Lilac
#bcce99  rgb(188, 206, 153)  hsl(80, 35%, 70%)  Olivine