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Recognised as Colour

#99BDF0

  • #99BDF0
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#99BDF0 is a blue with RGB values 153, 189, 240 and HSL 215°, 74%, 77%. 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

#99BDF0#99BDF0
HEX#99BDF0
RGBrgb(153, 189, 240)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.7412, 0.9412
RGB percentages60%, 74.1%, 94.1%
HSLhsl(215.2, 74.4%, 77.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.2, 36.3%, 94.1%)
CMYK36.3%, 21.2%, 0%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,075,632
CSS custom property--colour: #99BDF0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49459WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.8 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#66420F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABBFF2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A1B7EFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Tritanopia#7DC8CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.9 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 11.7Light steelblue · ΔE 14.3Sky blue · ΔE 17.3Light blue · ΔE 22.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.5Steel blue · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 11.7, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F0CC99
Analogous#99E8F0, #A199F0
Triadic#F099BD, #BDF099
Split complementary#F0A199, #E8F099
Tetradic#F099E8, #F0CC99, #99F0A1

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F2F7FD
Lighter +10%#C5DAF7
Darker −10%#6DA0E9
Darker −20%#4083E3
Darker −30%#1F69D1
Darker −40%#1852A5
More saturated +25%#8ABAFF
Less saturated −25%#A8C0E1

Channel breakdown

R153
G189
B240
Red153 (60%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue240 (94.1%)
Hue215.17°
Saturation (HSL)74.36%
Lightness77.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G BD · B F0

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