#99bff0

Color #99bff0

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 10.48 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#99bff0

RGB

rgb(153, 191, 240)

HSL

hsl(213.8, 74.4%, 77.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.8, 36.3%, 94.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.3%, 20.4%, 0%, 5.9%)

LAB

lab(76.27, -0.94, -28.36)

LCH

lch(76.27, 28.38, 268.1)

OKLCH

oklch(79.5%, 0.0812, 255)

HWB

hwb(213.8, 60%, 5.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f0ca99

Analogous

#99ebf0

#99bff0

#9f99f0

Triadic

#99bff0

#f099bf

#bff099

Split-complementary

#99bff0

#f09f99

#ebf099

Tetradic

#99bff0

#ca99f0

#f0ca99

#bff099

Square

#99bff0

#f099eb

#f0ca99

#99f09f

Shades

Color #99bff0 mixed toward black.

#609be8

#2777df

#1959ab

#113b72

#081e39

Tints

Color #99bff0 mixed toward white.

#aacaf3

#bbd4f5

#ccdff8

#ddeafa

#eef4fd

Tones

Color #99bff0 mixed toward gray.

#a0c0e9

#a8c1e2

#afc2da

#b6c3d3

#bdc4cc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.07:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababe5 · ΔE 10.9

Deuteranopia

#a9a6e3 · ΔE 11.8

Tritanopia

#9bdddb · ΔE 20.5

Achromatopsia

#bcbcbc · ΔE 17.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #99bff0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#99bff0]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#99bff0 (#99bff0) is rgb(153, 191, 240) in RGB.

No, #99bff0 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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