#9999ff

Color #9999ff

Web safe

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 15.95 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-400 #7c86ff · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#9999ff

RGB

rgb(153, 153, 255)

HSL

hsl(240, 100%, 80%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 40%, 100%)

CMYK

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

LAB

lab(67.11, 24.34, -50.76)

LCH

lch(67.11, 56.29, 295.62)

OKLCH

oklch(72.6%, 0.1463, 282.12)

HWB

hwb(240, 60%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffff99

Analogous

#99ccff

#9999ff

#cc99ff

Triadic

#9999ff

#ff9999

#99ff99

Split-complementary

#9999ff

#ffcc99

#ccff99

Tetradic

#9999ff

#ff99ff

#ffff99

#99ff99

Square

#9999ff

#ff99cc

#ffff99

#99ffcc

Shades

Color #9999ff mixed toward black.

#5555ff

#1111ff

#0000cc

#000088

#000044

Tints

Color #9999ff mixed toward white.

#aaaaff

#bbbbff

#ccccff

#ddddff

#eeeeff

Tones

Color #9999ff mixed toward gray.

#a2a2f7

#aaaaee

#b3b3e6

#bbbbdd

#c4c4d5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.35:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.35:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9999ec · ΔE 2.9

Deuteranopia

#9999e7 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#99dbd7 · ΔE 31.7

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 25

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #9999ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#9999ff]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#9999ff (#9999ff) is rgb(153, 153, 255) in RGB.

Yes, #9999ff is one of the 216 web-safe colors — every channel is a multiple of 51.

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