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Recognised as Colour

#99BCFE

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

#99BCFE is a blue with RGB values 153, 188, 254 and HSL 219°, 98%, 80%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#99BCFE#99BCFE
HEX#99BCFE
RGBrgb(153, 188, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.7373, 0.9961
RGB percentages60%, 73.7%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(219.2, 98.1%, 79.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(219.2, 39.8%, 99.6%)
CMYK39.8%, 26%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,075,390
CSS custom property--colour: #99BCFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49895WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.98:1
Contrast with white1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#664301

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A5C1FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#9AB7FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Tritanopia#77CAD3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 17.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.8Light steelblue · ΔE 22Deep skyblue · ΔE 23.2Sky blue · ΔE 24.6Steel blue · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 17.48, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEDB99
Analogous#99EFFE, #A999FE
Triadic#FE99BC, #BCFE99
Split complementary#FEA999, #EFFE99
Tetradic#FE99EE, #FEDB99, #99FEA9

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%#669BFE
Darker −20%#347AFD
Darker −30%#0259FC
Darker −40%#0247C9
More saturated +25%#98BCFF
Less saturated −25%#A6C0F1

Channel breakdown

R153
G188
B254
Red153 (60%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue219.21°
Saturation (HSL)98.06%
Lightness79.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G BC · B FE

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