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Recognised as Colour

#99BEDE

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

#99BEDE is a blue with RGB values 153, 190, 222 and HSL 208°, 51%, 74%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#99BEDE#99BEDE
HEX#99BEDE
RGBrgb(153, 190, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.6, 0.7451, 0.8706
RGB percentages60%, 74.5%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(207.8, 51.1%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(207.8, 31.1%, 87.1%)
CMYK31.1%, 14.4%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer10,075,870
CSS custom property--colour: #99BEDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48873WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.77:1
Contrast with white1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8
Inverted#664121

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1BEE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8B6DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Tritanopia#84C6C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.8Sky blue · ΔE 10.7Light skyblue · ΔE 11.2Light blue · ΔE 13.4Powder blue · ΔE 18.5Silver · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.76, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DEB999
Analogous#99DEDC, #999CDE
Triadic#DE99BE, #BEDE99
Split complementary#DE999C, #DEDC99
Tetradic#DC99DE, #DEB999, #9CDE99

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E6EFF7
Lighter +10%#C0D7EA
Darker −10%#72A5D2
Darker −20%#4C8DC5
Darker −30%#3673A8
Darker −40%#2A5981
More saturated +25%#88BFEF
Less saturated −25%#AABDCD

Channel breakdown

R153
G190
B222
Red153 (60%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue207.83°
Saturation (HSL)51.11%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 99 · G BE · B DE

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