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Recognised as Colour

#99BED8

  • #99BED8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#99BED8 is a blue with RGB values 153, 190, 216 and HSL 205°, 45%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#99BED8#99BED8
HEX#99BED8
RGBrgb(153, 190, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.7451, 0.8471
RGB percentages60%, 74.5%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(204.8, 44.7%, 72.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(204.8, 29.2%, 84.7%)
CMYK29.2%, 12%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,075,864
CSS custom property--colour: #99BED8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48557WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.71:1
Contrast with white1.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#664127

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3BDD9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original
Deuteranopia#AAB6D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Tritanopia#86C5C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.96:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.3Sky blue · ΔE 10.3Light blue · ΔE 11.2Light skyblue · ΔE 13.1Powder blue · ΔE 16.2Silver · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.33, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D8B399
Analogous#99D8D3, #999ED8
Triadic#D899BE, #BED899
Split complementary#D8999E, #D8D399
Tetradic#D399D8, #D8B399, #9ED899

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E3EDF4
Lighter +10%#BED6E6
Darker −10%#74A6CA
Darker −20%#4F8FBC
Darker −30%#3C749C
Darker −40%#2E5977
More saturated +25%#87C1EA
Less saturated −25%#ABBBC6

Channel breakdown

R153
G190
B216
Red153 (60%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue204.76°
Saturation (HSL)44.68%
Lightness72.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G BE · B D8

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