Information about #99A6BC color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #99A6BC reads as a softly toned steel-blue azure 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 almost identical to Williamsburg Blue (#9DA8BD). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Rock Blue (#93A2BA) and Nepal (#93AAB9).
In RGB terms — rgb(153, 166, 188) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #99A6BC background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 8.5:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.5:1. No one has named #99A6BC so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.
#99A6BC color variations
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#99A6BC color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#99A6BC color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#99A6BC color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#99A6BC color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#99A6BC 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 #99A6BC color
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Nearest named colors to #99A6BC
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#9DA8BD
#93A2BA
#93AAB9
#93A2B7
#9D9CB7
#92ACB4
#9D9CB4
#91A3B0
#A2AAB1
#8BA8B7
#A5A9B2
#8EB2BE
#99A6BC color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#99A6BC
- RGB153, 166, 188
- CMYK14, 9, 0, 26
- CSSrgb(153, 166, 188)
- HSL218°, 21%, 67%
- HSL Precise217.714°, 20.71%, 66.863%
- HSV218°, 19%, 74%
- HSB218°, 19%, 74%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.600
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.651
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.737
- GLSLvec3(0.600, 0.651, 0.737)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.600, 0.651, 0.737, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.600, 0.651, 0.737)
- Percentage of Red in RGB60%
- Percentage of Green in RGB65.1%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB73.7%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID99A6BC
- DECIMAL ID10069692
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers22 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
