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#99C3EC

#99c3ec ≈ Light Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#99c3ec is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 76.47% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.17% cyan, 17.37% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 209.64°, with 68.6% saturation and 76.27% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sky Blue (#87cefa), ΔE 5.68.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.5186

Complementary

  1. #99c3ec
  2. #ecc299

Split complementary

  1. #99c3ec
  2. #ec9999
  3. #ecec99

Analogous

  1. #99ecec
  2. #99c3ec
  3. #9999ec

Triadic

  1. #99c3ec
  2. #ec99c3
  3. #c3ec99

Tetradic

  1. #99c3ec
  2. #c299ec
  3. #ecc299
  4. #c3ec99

Square

  1. #99c3ec
  2. #ec99ec
  3. #ecc299
  4. #99ec99

Monochromatic

  1. #2577c7
  2. #589de0
  3. #99c3ec
  4. #d9e9f8
  5. #eef5fc

Shades

#99c3ec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #99c3ec
  2. #8ab0d4
  3. #7a9cbd
  4. #6b89a5
  5. #5c758e
  6. #4d6276
  7. #3d4e5e
  8. #2e3b47
  9. #1f272f
  10. #0f1418
  11. #000000

Tints

#99c3ec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #99c3ec
  2. #a3c9ee
  3. #adcff0
  4. #b8d5f2
  5. #c2dbf4
  6. #cce1f6
  7. #d6e7f7
  8. #e0edf9
  9. #ebf3fb
  10. #f5f9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#99c3ec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #99c3ec
  2. #97bce1
  3. #94b6d6
  4. #92afcc
  5. #8fa8c1
  6. #8da2b6
  7. #8a9bab
  8. #8894a0
  9. #858d96
  10. #83878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b1c0d2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b3c3ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a9bbeb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7eccd0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9c3ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a3beec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8ac9dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-99c3ec {
  color: #99c3ec;
}
Background
.bg-99c3ec {
  background-color: #99c3ec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-99c3ec {
  border: 2px solid #99c3ec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #99c3ec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 195 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 69% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-99c3ec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #99c3ec, #9999ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-99c3ec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 195 236 / 0.35);
}

#87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 5.68 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.89 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.96 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.28 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.28 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.31 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.66 #663c13 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Light Sky Blue
#99c3ec  rgb(153, 195, 236)  hsl(210, 69%, 76%)  Light Sky Blue
#ecc299  rgb(236, 194, 153)  hsl(30, 69%, 76%)  Peach Orange
#ec99c3  rgb(236, 153, 195)  hsl(330, 69%, 76%)  Carnation Pink
#c3ec99  rgb(195, 236, 153)  hsl(90, 69%, 76%)  Granny Smith Apple