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#99BFCC

#99bfcc ≈ Pastel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#99bfcc is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 74.9% green and 80% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25% cyan, 6.37% magenta, 0% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 195.29°, with 33.33% saturation and 70% 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 10.68:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Blue (#aec6cf), ΔE 4.42.

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Web safe#99cccc
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Relative luminance0.4839

Complementary

  1. #99bfcc
  2. #cca699

Split complementary

  1. #99bfcc
  2. #cc99a6
  3. #ccbf99

Analogous

  1. #99ccbf
  2. #99bfcc
  3. #99a6cc

Triadic

  1. #99bfcc
  2. #cc99bf
  3. #bfcc99

Tetradic

  1. #99bfcc
  2. #a699cc
  3. #cca699
  4. #bfcc99

Square

  1. #99bfcc
  2. #bf99cc
  3. #cca699
  4. #a6cc99

Monochromatic

  1. #447788
  2. #669fb2
  3. #99bfcc
  4. #ccdfe5
  5. #f1f6f8

Shades

#99bfcc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #99bfcc
  2. #8aacb8
  3. #7a99a3
  4. #6b868f
  5. #5c737a
  6. #4d6066
  7. #3d4c52
  8. #2e393d
  9. #1f2629
  10. #0f1314
  11. #000000

Tints

#99bfcc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #99bfcc
  2. #a3c5d1
  3. #adccd6
  4. #b8d2db
  5. #c2d9e0
  6. #ccdfe6
  7. #d6e5eb
  8. #e0ecf0
  9. #ebf2f5
  10. #f5f9fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#99bfcc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #99bfcc
  2. #97b9c4
  3. #94b2bd
  4. #92acb5
  5. #8fa6ae
  6. #8da0a6
  7. #8a999e
  8. #889397
  9. #858d8f
  10. #838688
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #adbbc1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7bdcd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #afb6cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #89c4c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #acbecc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a7bacc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #90c2c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-99bfcc {
  color: #99bfcc;
}
Background
.bg-99bfcc {
  background-color: #99bfcc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-99bfcc {
  border: 2px solid #99bfcc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #99bfcc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 191 204;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 33% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-99bfcc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #99bfcc, #99a6cc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-99bfcc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 191 204 / 0.35);
}

#aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 4.42 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 6.17 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.96 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 7.57 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.64 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 7.74 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.99 #664033 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Pastel Blue
#99bfcc  rgb(153, 191, 204)  hsl(195, 33%, 70%)  Pastel Blue
#cca699  rgb(204, 166, 153)  hsl(15, 33%, 70%)  Silver Pink
#cc99bf  rgb(204, 153, 191)  hsl(315, 33%, 70%)  Lilac
#bfcc99  rgb(191, 204, 153)  hsl(75, 33%, 70%)  Sage