Information about #999ADE color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #999ADE reads as a confidently colored blue and appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Ashley's Lavender Calm (#9FA2D7). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Magic Carpet (#8B98D8) and Dull Lavender (#A899E6).
In RGB terms — rgb(153, 154, 222) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #999ADE background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 8.0:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.6:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#999ADE color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
#999ADE color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#999ADE color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#999ADE color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#999ADE color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#999ADE 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 #999ADE color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to #999ADE
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#9FA2D7
#8B98D8
#A899E6
#8B96E7
#97A0CE
#968BE7
#92A1CF
#9F90D0
#8BA2E7
#A2A2D0
#8F8CE7
#A29ECD
#999ADE color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#999ADE
- RGB153, 154, 222
- CMYK27, 27, 0, 13
- CSSrgb(153, 154, 222)
- HSL239°, 51%, 74%
- HSL Precise239.13°, 51.111%, 73.529%
- HSV239°, 31%, 87%
- HSB239°, 31%, 87%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.600
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.604
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.871
- GLSLvec3(0.600, 0.604, 0.871)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.600, 0.604, 0.871, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.600, 0.604, 0.871)
- Percentage of Red in RGB60%
- Percentage of Green in RGB60.4%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB87.1%
- Color FamilyBlue
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID999ADE
- DECIMAL ID10066654
- Name LengthThis color has no name
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- Counting from2025-01-01
