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#99D9FF

#99d9ff ≈ Light Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#99d9ff is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60% red, 85.1% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40% cyan, 14.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 202.35°, with 100% saturation and 80% 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 13.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sky Blue (#87cefa), ΔE 3.12.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.6362

Complementary

  1. #99d9ff
  2. #ffbf99

Split complementary

  1. #99d9ff
  2. #ff99a6
  3. #fff299

Analogous

  1. #99fff2
  2. #99d9ff
  3. #99a6ff

Triadic

  1. #99d9ff
  2. #ff99d9
  3. #d9ff99

Tetradic

  1. #99d9ff
  2. #bf99ff
  3. #ffbf99
  4. #d9ff99

Square

  1. #99d9ff
  2. #f299ff
  3. #ffbf99
  4. #a6ff99

Monochromatic

  1. #00a0ff
  2. #4dbdff
  3. #99d9ff
  4. #e5f6ff
  5. #ebf7ff

Shades

#99d9ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #99d9ff
  2. #8ac3e6
  3. #7aaecc
  4. #6b98b3
  5. #5c8299
  6. #4d6d80
  7. #3d5766
  8. #2e414d
  9. #1f2b33
  10. #0f161a
  11. #000000

Tints

#99d9ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #99d9ff
  2. #a3ddff
  3. #ade1ff
  4. #b8e4ff
  5. #c2e8ff
  6. #ccecff
  7. #d6f0ff
  8. #e0f4ff
  9. #ebf7ff
  10. #f5fbff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#99d9ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #99d9ff
  2. #97d0f2
  3. #94c7e6
  4. #92bed9
  5. #8fb5cc
  6. #8dadc0
  7. #8aa4b3
  8. #889ba6
  9. #859299
  10. #83898d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d1d1d1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bdd4e5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c7d7ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9ccfe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #72e3e5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b7d8ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #add1ff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #83dff0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-99d9ff {
  color: #99d9ff;
}
Background
.bg-99d9ff {
  background-color: #99d9ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-99d9ff {
  border: 2px solid #99d9ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #99d9ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 153 217 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 100% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-99d9ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #99d9ff, #99a6ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-99d9ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(153 217 255 / 0.35);
}

#87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 3.12 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 3.45 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 4.63 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 6.91 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.01 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 7.06 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 7.36 #662600 Inverted #d1d1d1 Grayscale 

Light Sky Blue
#99d9ff  rgb(153, 217, 255)  hsl(202, 100%, 80%)  Light Sky Blue
#ffbf99  rgb(255, 191, 153)  hsl(22, 100%, 80%)  Apricot
#ff99d9  rgb(255, 153, 217)  hsl(322, 100%, 80%)  Persian Pink
#d9ff99  rgb(217, 255, 153)  hsl(82, 100%, 80%)  Inchworm