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#94B2CD

#94b2cd ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#94b2cd is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 58.04% red, 69.8% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.8% cyan, 13.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 208.42°, with 36.31% saturation and 69.22% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 6.15.

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Relative luminance0.4254

Complementary

  1. #94b2cd
  2. #cdaf94

Split complementary

  1. #94b2cd
  2. #cd9496
  3. #cdcc94

Analogous

  1. #94cdcc
  2. #94b2cd
  3. #9496cd

Triadic

  1. #94b2cd
  2. #cd94b2
  3. #b2cd94

Tetradic

  1. #94b2cd
  2. #af94cd
  3. #cdaf94
  4. #b2cd94

Square

  1. #94b2cd
  2. #cc94cd
  3. #cdaf94
  4. #96cd94

Monochromatic

  1. #406688
  2. #608cb5
  3. #94b2cd
  4. #c8d8e5
  5. #f1f5f9

Shades

#94b2cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #94b2cd
  2. #85a0b9
  3. #768ea4
  4. #687d90
  5. #596b7b
  6. #4a5967
  7. #3b4752
  8. #2c353e
  9. #1e2429
  10. #0f1215
  11. #000000

Tints

#94b2cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #94b2cd
  2. #9fbad2
  3. #a9c1d7
  4. #b4c9dc
  5. #bfd1e1
  6. #cad9e6
  7. #d4e0eb
  8. #dfe8f0
  9. #eaf0f5
  10. #f4f7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#94b2cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #94b2cd
  2. #92adc5
  3. #90a8be
  4. #8ea3b6
  5. #8c9eae
  6. #8a99a7
  7. #88949f
  8. #868f97
  9. #848a8f
  10. #828588
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a4b0bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a7b2ce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a0accc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #83b8bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a0b2ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9caecd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8ab6c2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-94b2cd {
  color: #94b2cd;
}
Background
.bg-94b2cd {
  background-color: #94b2cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-94b2cd {
  border: 2px solid #94b2cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #94b2cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 148 178 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 36% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-94b2cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #94b2cd, #9496cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-94b2cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(148 178 205 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.15 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.60 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.24 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.29 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 8.79 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.23 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.46 #6b4d32 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#94b2cd  rgb(148, 178, 205)  hsl(208, 36%, 69%)  Light Steel Blue
#cdaf94  rgb(205, 175, 148)  hsl(28, 36%, 69%)  Tan
#cd94b2  rgb(205, 148, 178)  hsl(328, 36%, 69%)  Puce
#b2cd94  rgb(178, 205, 148)  hsl(88, 36%, 69%)  Olivine