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Recognised as Colour

#99B4CE

  • #99B4CE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#99B4CE is a blue with RGB values 153, 180, 206 and HSL 209°, 35%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#99B4CE#99B4CE
HEX#99B4CE
RGBrgb(153, 180, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.7059, 0.8078
RGB percentages60%, 70.6%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(209.4, 35.1%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(209.4, 25.7%, 80.8%)
CMYK25.7%, 12.6%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,073,294
CSS custom property--colour: #99B4CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43871WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.77:1
Contrast with white2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#664B31

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AAB4CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4AECDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Tritanopia#8ABABCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.7Sky blue · ΔE 14.4Light blue · ΔE 14.7Light skyblue · ΔE 16.3Dark grey · ΔE 16.8Light slate grey · ΔE 17
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.72, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CEB399
Analogous#99CECE, #9999CE
Triadic#CE99B4, #B4CE99
Split complementary#CE9999, #CECE99
Tetradic#CE99CE, #CEB399, #99CE99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DEE7EF
Lighter +10%#BBCDDF
Darker −10%#779BBD
Darker −20%#5481AD
Darker −30%#43688B
Darker −40%#324E69
More saturated +25%#86B4E1
Less saturated −25%#ACB4BB

Channel breakdown

R153
G180
B206
Red153 (60%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue209.43°
Saturation (HSL)35.1%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G B4 · B CE

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