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Recognised as Colour

#99AEFB

  • #99AEFB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#99AEFB is a blue with RGB values 153, 174, 251 and HSL 227°, 92%, 79%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#99AEFB#99AEFB
HEX#99AEFB
RGBrgb(153, 174, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.6824, 0.9843
RGB percentages60%, 68.2%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(227.1, 92.5%, 79.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(227.1, 39%, 98.4%)
CMYK39%, 30.7%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,071,803
CSS custom property--colour: #99AEFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44009WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.8:1
Contrast with white2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#665104

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#94B6FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#8CADF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original
Tritanopia#7ABDC9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 40.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 13.7Dodgerblue · ΔE 26.3Light skyblue · ΔE 26.3Steel blue · ΔE 26.4Plum · ΔE 28.2Light steelblue · ΔE 29
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 13.67, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBE699
Analogous#99DFFB, #B599FB
Triadic#FB99AE, #AEFB99
Split complementary#FBB599, #DFFB99
Tetradic#FB99DF, #FBE699, #99FBB5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBFCFF
Lighter +10%#CAD5FD
Darker −10%#6887F9
Darker −20%#3760F7
Darker −30%#093BF2
Darker −40%#082FC0
More saturated +25%#95ACFF
Less saturated −25%#A6B6EE

Channel breakdown

R153
G174
B251
Red153 (60%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue227.14°
Saturation (HSL)92.45%
Lightness79.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G AE · B FB

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