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Recognised as Colour

#99BCCF

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

#99BCCF is a blue with RGB values 153, 188, 207 and HSL 201°, 36%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#99BCCF#99BCCF
HEX#99BCCF
RGBrgb(153, 188, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.7373, 0.8118
RGB percentages60%, 73.7%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(201.1, 36%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.1, 26.1%, 81.2%)
CMYK26.1%, 9.2%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,075,343
CSS custom property--colour: #99BCCF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47244WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.45:1
Contrast with white2.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#664330

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3BAD0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#ABB4CFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original
Tritanopia#89C1C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.01:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 7.6Light blue · ΔE 10.3Sky blue · ΔE 11.8Powder blue · ΔE 14.6Silver · ΔE 15.7Dark grey · ΔE 16.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.61, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CFAC99
Analogous#99CFC7, #99A1CF
Triadic#CF99BC, #BCCF99
Split complementary#CF99A1, #CFC799
Tetradic#C799CF, #CFAC99, #A1CF99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DEEAF0
Lighter +10%#BCD3DF
Darker −10%#76A5BF
Darker −20%#548EAE
Darker −30%#42738D
Darker −40%#32566A
More saturated +25%#86C2E2
Less saturated −25%#ACB6BC

Channel breakdown

R153
G188
B207
Red153 (60%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue201.11°
Saturation (HSL)36%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G BC · B CF

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