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Recognised as Colour

#99B5FA

  • #99B5FA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#99B5FA is a blue with RGB values 153, 181, 250 and HSL 223°, 91%, 79%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#99B5FA#99B5FA
HEX#99B5FA
RGBrgb(153, 181, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.7098, 0.9804
RGB percentages60%, 71%, 98%
HSLhsl(222.7, 90.7%, 79%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.7, 38.8%, 98%)
CMYK38.8%, 27.6%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,073,594
CSS custom property--colour: #99B5FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46722WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.34:1
Contrast with white2.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#664A05

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9DBBFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#94B2F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Tritanopia#7AC3CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.03:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 17.2Light skyblue · ΔE 20.8Light steelblue · ΔE 24Steel blue · ΔE 24.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 25.4Sky blue · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 17.21, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FADE99
Analogous#99E5FA, #AE99FA
Triadic#FA99B5, #B5FA99
Split complementary#FAAE99, #E5FA99
Tetradic#FA99E5, #FADE99, #99FAAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAFCFF
Lighter +10%#CAD8FC
Darker −10%#6892F8
Darker −20%#386EF5
Darker −30%#0C4DEE
Darker −40%#093DBE
More saturated +25%#94B3FF
Less saturated −25%#A6BBED

Channel breakdown

R153
G181
B250
Red153 (60%)
Green181 (71%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue222.68°
Saturation (HSL)90.65%
Lightness79.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G B5 · B FA

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