Information about #99B9BD color
Basic facts about this digital color
#99B9BD presents itself as a gently muted aqua cyan — one that has a delicate, washed-out lightness. In practice it works well for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Chi (#9FBFC2). Slightly further away sit Shadow Green (#9AC0B6) and Frozen (#9DB6C6).
The recipe behind #99B9BD is rgb(153, 185, 189), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #99B9BD: 10.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.1:1 for white. No one has named #99B9BD so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#99B9BD color variations
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#99B9BD color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#99B9BD color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#99B9BD color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#99B9BD color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#99B9BD color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #99B9BD color
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Nearest named colors to #99B9BD
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#9FBFC2
#9AC0B6
#9DB6C6
#A2B4BA
#8EB2BE
#98B7AF
#9EC0CA
#A6B5C6
#A6BBB3
#93AAB9
#AAB7BB
#92ACB4
#99B9BD color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#99B9BD
- RGB153, 185, 189
- CMYK14, 2, 0, 26
- CSSrgb(153, 185, 189)
- HSL187°, 21%, 67%
- HSL Precise186.667°, 21.429%, 67.059%
- HSV187°, 19%, 74%
- HSB187°, 19%, 74%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.600
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.725
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.741
- GLSLvec3(0.600, 0.725, 0.741)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.600, 0.725, 0.741, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.600, 0.725, 0.741)
- Percentage of Red in RGB60%
- Percentage of Green in RGB72.5%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB74.1%
- Color FamilyCyan
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID99B9BD
- DECIMAL ID10074557
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers17 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
