#99bcff

Color #99bcff

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 17.91 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#99bcff

RGB

rgb(153, 188, 255)

HSL

hsl(219.4, 100%, 80%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.4, 40%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(40%, 26.3%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(76.04, 4.63, -36.77)

LCH

lch(76.04, 37.06, 277.18)

OKLCH

oklch(79.5%, 0.1032, 262.93)

HWB

hwb(219.4, 60%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffdc99

Analogous

#99efff

#99bcff

#a999ff

Triadic

#99bcff

#ff99bc

#bcff99

Split-complementary

#99bcff

#ffa999

#efff99

Tetradic

#99bcff

#dc99ff

#ffdc99

#bcff99

Square

#99bcff

#ff99ef

#ffdc99

#99ffa9

Shades

Color #99bcff mixed toward black.

#558fff

#1163ff

#0046cc

#002f88

#001744

Tints

Color #99bcff mixed toward white.

#aac7ff

#bbd2ff

#ccdeff

#dde9ff

#eef4ff

Tones

Color #99bcff mixed toward gray.

#a2bff7

#aac1ee

#b3c4e6

#bbc7dd

#c4c9d5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.99:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9aaf1 · ΔE 8.9

Deuteranopia

#a7a5ed · ΔE 10.1

Tritanopia

#9be5e2 · ΔE 24.8

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 20.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #99bcff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#99bcff]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#99bcff (#99bcff) is rgb(153, 188, 255) in RGB.

No, #99bcff 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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