Truesky Gloxym Color

#99bbff

Truesky Gloxym is calm, cool-toned shade of blue cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with orange, mid green or red magenta

Inverse Color #640
Complementary Color #fd9
Color Shade: blue cyan (220° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 80% (better contrasting with white)
Truesky Gloxym Color Sample
Truesky Gloxym Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #99bbff

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Truesky Gloxym Color. The Night Snow color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Parakeet Blue (#7eb6ff) for more calm effect. Try Baby Blue as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#fd9 is the best complementary color to Truesky Gloxym. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #9bf complementary color is White, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of White are #99edff and #a9f. Thus found on the left and right of #9bf on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Anakiwa and White colors as they work well with Truesky Gloxym.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Truesky Gloxym palette consists of #edff99 and #fa9 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#fd9). Try Jonquil and White colors in combination with #9bf, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #9bf offers a combination of yellow green and red magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Truesky Gloxym. Thus Reef and Carnation Pink giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Truesky Gloxym contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary White, Lavender Rose, and White split by 90° on the color wheel. #9bf square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid green shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Truesky Gloxym tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#fd9) and two others. The Carnation Pink is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and White – 120° from the complementary White. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #ff99ba and #9fd.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #99bbff is made of 26% red, 31% green and 43% blue. In a HSL mode Truesky Gloxym has a hue angle of 220°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 80%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #99bbff is made of 40% cyan, 26.67% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #99bbff
RGB Decimal rgb(153,187,255)
RGB Percentage 26%, 31%, 43%
CMYK 40, 26.67, 0, 0
HSL hsl(220,100%,80%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(220,40%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(75.7817,5.1908,-37.1856)
XYZ xyz(48.9572,49.533,101.5882)
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