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Recognised as Colour

#99BBFE

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

#99BBFE is a blue with RGB values 153, 187, 254 and HSL 220°, 98%, 80%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#99BBFE#99BBFE
HEX#99BBFE
RGBrgb(153, 187, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.7333, 0.9961
RGB percentages60%, 73.3%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(219.8, 98.1%, 79.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(219.8, 39.8%, 99.6%)
CMYK39.8%, 26.4%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,075,134
CSS custom property--colour: #99BBFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49469WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.89:1
Contrast with white1.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#664401

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A3C0FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#99B6FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.8 from the original
Tritanopia#77C9D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 18.2Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.2Light steelblue · ΔE 22.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 23.5Sky blue · ΔE 25.3Steel blue · ΔE 25.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 18.19, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEDC99
Analogous#99EEFE, #AA99FE
Triadic#FE99BB, #BBFE99
Split complementary#FEAA99, #EEFE99
Tetradic#FE99EE, #FEDC99, #99FEAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFEFF
Lighter +10%#CCDDFE
Darker −10%#6699FE
Darker −20%#3478FD
Darker −30%#0256FC
Darker −40%#0245C9
More saturated +25%#98BBFF
Less saturated −25%#A6BFF1

Channel breakdown

R153
G187
B254
Red153 (60%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue219.8°
Saturation (HSL)98.06%
Lightness79.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G BB · B FE

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