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Colour

#99AECA

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

#99AECA is a blue with RGB values 153, 174, 202 and HSL 214°, 32%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#99AECA#99AECA
HEX#99AECA
RGBrgb(153, 174, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.6824, 0.7922
RGB percentages60%, 68.2%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(214.3, 31.6%, 69.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(214.3, 24.3%, 79.2%)
CMYK24.3%, 13.9%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,071,754
CSS custom property--colour: #99AECA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41309WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.26:1
Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC
Inverted#665135

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4AFCBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FAAC9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Tritanopia#8CB4B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.2Light slate grey · ΔE 15.5Dark grey · ΔE 16.7Sky blue · ΔE 17Light blue · ΔE 17.4Light skyblue · ΔE 18
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.19, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CAB599
Analogous#99C7CA, #9C99CA
Triadic#CA99AE, #AECA99
Split complementary#CA9C99, #C7CA99
Tetradic#CA99C7, #CAB599, #99CA9C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FEFEFE
Lighter +20%#DCE3ED
Lighter +10%#BBC9DB
Darker −10%#7793B9
Darker −20%#5779A6
Darker −30%#456085
Darker −40%#344863
More saturated +25%#86ABDD
Less saturated −25%#ACB1B7

Channel breakdown

R153
G174
B202
Red153 (60%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue214.29°
Saturation (HSL)31.61%
Lightness69.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G AE · B CA

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