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Recognised as Colour

#99AABC

  • #99AABC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#99AABC is a blue with RGB values 153, 170, 188 and HSL 211°, 21%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#99AABC#99AABC
HEX#99AABC
RGBrgb(153, 170, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.6667, 0.7373
RGB percentages60%, 66.7%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(210.9, 20.7%, 66.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210.9, 18.6%, 73.7%)
CMYK18.6%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,070,716
CSS custom property--colour: #99AABC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39153WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.83:1
Contrast with white2.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#665543

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A3AABDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FA6BCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Tritanopia#90AEB0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.38:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 10.4Dark grey · ΔE 11.4Light slate grey · ΔE 12.9Silver · ΔE 14.4Slate grey · ΔE 16Light blue · ΔE 17.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 10.42, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BCAB99
Analogous#99BCBC, #9A99BC
Triadic#BC99AA, #AABC99
Split complementary#BC9A99, #BCBC99
Tetradic#BC99BC, #BCAB99, #99BC9A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F5F7F9
Lighter +20%#D7DDE4
Lighter +10%#B8C4D0
Darker −10%#7A90A8
Darker −20%#5F7790
Darker −30%#4B5D71
Darker −40%#364453
More saturated +25%#84A9D1
Less saturated −25%#ABABAB

Channel breakdown

R153
G170
B188
Red153 (60%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue210.86°
Saturation (HSL)20.71%
Lightness66.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G AA · B BC

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