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#99BCDE

#99bcde ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#99bcde is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 73.73% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.08% cyan, 15.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 209.57°, with 51.11% saturation and 73.53% 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 10.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.9.

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Web safe#99cccc
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Relative luminance0.4801

Complementary

  1. #99bcde
  2. #debb99

Split complementary

  1. #99bcde
  2. #de9999
  3. #dede99

Analogous

  1. #99dede
  2. #99bcde
  3. #9999de

Triadic

  1. #99bcde
  2. #de99bc
  3. #bcde99

Tetradic

  1. #99bcde
  2. #bb99de
  3. #debb99
  4. #bcde99

Square

  1. #99bcde
  2. #de99de
  3. #debb99
  4. #99de99

Monochromatic

  1. #3670a8
  2. #5f96cb
  3. #99bcde
  4. #d3e2f1
  5. #f0f5fa

Shades

#99bcde mixed progressively with black.

  1. #99bcde
  2. #8aa9c8
  3. #7a96b2
  4. #6b849b
  5. #5c7185
  6. #4d5e6f
  7. #3d4b59
  8. #2e3843
  9. #1f262c
  10. #0f1316
  11. #000000

Tints

#99bcde mixed progressively with white.

  1. #99bcde
  2. #a3c3e1
  3. #adc9e5
  4. #b8d0e8
  5. #c2d7eb
  6. #ccdeef
  7. #d6e4f2
  8. #e0ebf5
  9. #ebf2f8
  10. #f5f8fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#99bcde mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #99bcde
  2. #97b6d5
  3. #94b0cb
  4. #92aac2
  5. #8fa4b8
  6. #8d9eaf
  7. #8a98a6
  8. #88929c
  9. #858c93
  10. #838689
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #adbac8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #afbce0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a6b5dd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #84c4c7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7bcdf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a1b8de ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8dc1d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-99bcde {
  color: #99bcde;
}
Background
.bg-99bcde {
  background-color: #99bcde;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-99bcde {
  border: 2px solid #99bcde;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #99bcde;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 188 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 51% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-99bcde {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #99bcde, #9999de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-99bcde {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 188 222 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.90 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.33 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.35 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.64 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.14 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.26 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.82 #664321 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#99bcde  rgb(153, 188, 222)  hsl(210, 51%, 74%)  Light Steel Blue
#debb99  rgb(222, 187, 153)  hsl(30, 51%, 74%)  Tan
#de99bc  rgb(222, 153, 188)  hsl(330, 51%, 74%)  Carnation Pink
#bcde99  rgb(188, 222, 153)  hsl(90, 51%, 74%)  Granny Smith Apple