#999eec

Color #999eec

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 13.09 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#999eec

RGB

rgb(153, 158, 236)

HSL

hsl(236.4, 68.6%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(236.4, 35.2%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.2%, 33.1%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(67.49, 16.39, -39.78)

LCH

lch(67.49, 43.02, 292.39)

OKLCH

oklch(72.6%, 0.1129, 280.35)

HWB

hwb(236.4, 60%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ece799

Analogous

#99c8ec

#999eec

#be99ec

Triadic

#999eec

#ec999e

#9eec99

Split-complementary

#999eec

#ecbe99

#c8ec99

Tetradic

#999eec

#e799ec

#ece799

#9eec99

Square

#999eec

#ec99c8

#ece799

#99ecbe

Shades

Color #999eec mixed toward black.

#626ae2

#2c36d8

#1f27a4

#141a6d

#0a0d37

Tints

Color #999eec mixed toward white.

#aaaeef

#bbbef2

#cccff6

#dddff9

#eeeffc

Tones

Color #999eec mixed toward gray.

#a0a4e5

#a7aade

#aeb0d7

#b5b6d0

#bcbcc9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.46:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9bdc · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#9b9bd8 · ΔE 4

Tritanopia

#99cfcc · ΔE 27.7

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 22.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #999eec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#999eec]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#999eec (#999eec) is rgb(153, 158, 236) in RGB.

No, #999eec is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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