#99aaed

Color #99aaed

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 16.36 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#99aaed

RGB

rgb(153, 170, 237)

HSL

hsl(227.9, 70%, 76.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227.9, 35.4%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.4%, 28.3%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(70.62, 9.87, -35.45)

LCH

lch(70.62, 36.8, 285.56)

OKLCH

oklch(75%, 0.0987, 272.9)

HWB

hwb(227.9, 60%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eddc99

Analogous

#99d4ed

#99aaed

#b299ed

Triadic

#99aaed

#ed99aa

#aaed99

Split-complementary

#99aaed

#edb299

#d4ed99

Tetradic

#99aaed

#dc99ed

#eddc99

#aaed99

Square

#99aaed

#ed99d4

#eddc99

#99edb2

Shades

Color #99aaed mixed toward black.

#627ce3

#2b4eda

#1d39a6

#14266f

#0a1337

Tints

Color #99aaed mixed toward white.

#aab8f0

#bbc6f3

#ccd5f6

#dde3f9

#eef1fc

Tones

Color #99aaed mixed toward gray.

#a0aee6

#a7b2df

#aeb7d8

#b5bbd1

#bcbfca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a1df · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#a09edc · ΔE 6

Tritanopia

#9ad3d1 · ΔE 25.3

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 20.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #99aaed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#99aaed]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#99aaed (#99aaed) is rgb(153, 170, 237) in RGB.

No, #99aaed 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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