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Recognised as Colour

#99B4F1

  • #99B4F1
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#99B4F1 is a blue with RGB values 153, 180, 241 and HSL 222°, 76%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#99B4F1#99B4F1
HEX#99B4F1
RGBrgb(153, 180, 241)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.7059, 0.9451
RGB percentages60%, 70.6%, 94.5%
HSLhsl(221.6, 75.9%, 77.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.6, 36.5%, 94.5%)
CMYK36.5%, 25.3%, 0%, 5.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,073,329
CSS custom property--colour: #99B4F1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45766WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.15:1
Contrast with white2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#664B0E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9FB9F4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#97B1F0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#7EC0C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.07:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 18Light steelblue · ΔE 19.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.1Steel blue · ΔE 23Sky blue · ΔE 24.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 24.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 18.02, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F1D699
Analogous#99E0F1, #AA99F1
Triadic#F199B4, #B4F199
Split complementary#F1AA99, #E0F199
Tetradic#F199E0, #F1D699, #99F1AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F3F6FD
Lighter +10%#C6D5F7
Darker −10%#6C93EB
Darker −20%#3F72E5
Darker −30%#1D55D4
Darker −40%#1743A7
More saturated +25%#8BAFFF
Less saturated −25%#A7BAE2

Channel breakdown

R153
G180
B241
Red153 (60%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue241 (94.5%)
Hue221.59°
Saturation (HSL)75.86%
Lightness77.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G B4 · B F1

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