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Recognised as Colour

#99BCDE

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

#99BCDE is a blue with RGB values 153, 188, 222 and HSL 210°, 51%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#99BCDE#99BCDE
HEX#99BCDE
RGBrgb(153, 188, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.7373, 0.8706
RGB percentages60%, 73.7%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(209.6, 51.1%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(209.6, 31.1%, 87.1%)
CMYK31.1%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,075,358
CSS custom property--colour: #99BCDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48013WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.6:1
Contrast with white1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#664321

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFBCE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6B5DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Tritanopia#84C4C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 7.2Light skyblue · ΔE 11.5Sky blue · ΔE 11.8Light blue · ΔE 14.8Powder blue · ΔE 19.9Thistle · ΔE 21.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.16, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DEBB99
Analogous#99DEDE, #999ADE
Triadic#DE99BC, #BCDE99
Split complementary#DE999A, #DEDE99
Tetradic#DE99DE, #DEBB99, #9ADE99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6EFF7
Lighter +10%#C0D5EA
Darker −10%#72A3D2
Darker −20%#4C89C5
Darker −30%#3670A8
Darker −40%#2A5681
More saturated +25%#88BCEF
Less saturated −25%#AABCCD

Channel breakdown

R153
G188
B222
Red153 (60%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue209.57°
Saturation (HSL)51.11%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G BC · B DE

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