#99a9ff

Color #99a9ff

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 11.95 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#99a9ff

RGB

rgb(153, 169, 255)

HSL

hsl(230.6, 100%, 80%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(230.6, 40%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(40%, 33.7%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(71.12, 15.23, -44.44)

LCH

lch(71.12, 46.98, 288.92)

OKLCH

oklch(75.7%, 0.125, 275)

HWB

hwb(230.6, 60%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffef99

Analogous

#99dcff

#99a9ff

#bc99ff

Triadic

#99a9ff

#ff99a9

#a9ff99

Split-complementary

#99a9ff

#ffbc99

#dcff99

Tetradic

#99a9ff

#ef99ff

#ffef99

#a9ff99

Square

#99a9ff

#ff99dc

#ffef99

#99ffbc

Shades

Color #99a9ff mixed toward black.

#5570ff

#1136ff

#0020cc

#001588

#000b44

Tints

Color #99a9ff mixed toward white.

#aab7ff

#bbc6ff

#ccd4ff

#dde2ff

#eef1ff

Tones

Color #99a9ff mixed toward gray.

#a2aff7

#aab5ee

#b3bae6

#bbc0dd

#c4c6d5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.47:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0ee · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#9f9eea · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#9adfdc · ΔE 28.8

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 23.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #99a9ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#99a9ff]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#99a9ff (#99a9ff) is rgb(153, 169, 255) in RGB.

No, #99a9ff 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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