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#96BBFA

#96bbfa ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#96bbfa is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 58.82% red, 73.33% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40% cyan, 25.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 217.8°, with 90.91% saturation and 78.43% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.79:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 8.02.

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Relative luminance0.4893

Complementary

  1. #96bbfa
  2. #fad596

Split complementary

  1. #96bbfa
  2. #faa396
  3. #edfa96

Analogous

  1. #96edfa
  2. #96bbfa
  3. #a396fa

Triadic

  1. #96bbfa
  2. #fa96bb
  3. #bbfa96

Tetradic

  1. #96bbfa
  2. #d596fa
  3. #fad596
  4. #bbfa96

Square

  1. #96bbfa
  2. #fa96ed
  3. #fad596
  4. #96faa3

Monochromatic

  1. #0b5eec
  2. #4d8cf7
  3. #96bbfa
  4. #dfeafd
  5. #ecf2fe

Shades

#96bbfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #96bbfa
  2. #87a8e1
  3. #7896c8
  4. #6983af
  5. #5a7096
  6. #4b5e7d
  7. #3c4b64
  8. #2d384b
  9. #1e2532
  10. #0f1319
  11. #000000

Tints

#96bbfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #96bbfa
  2. #a1c2fb
  3. #abc9fb
  4. #b6cffc
  5. #c0d6fc
  6. #cbddfd
  7. #d5e4fd
  8. #e0ebfe
  9. #eaf1fe
  10. #f5f8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#96bbfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #96bbfa
  2. #94b5ee
  3. #92afe2
  4. #8fa9d5
  5. #8da3c9
  6. #8b9ebd
  7. #8998b1
  8. #8792a5
  9. #848c98
  10. #82868c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #adbad6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a4bffd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9ab6f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #74c8d1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9fbdfc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #98b8f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #83c3e2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-96bbfa {
  color: #96bbfa;
}
Background
.bg-96bbfa {
  background-color: #96bbfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-96bbfa {
  border: 2px solid #96bbfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #96bbfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 150 187 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 218 91% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-96bbfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #96bbfa, #a396fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-96bbfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(150 187 250 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.02 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.45 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.78 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.51 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.57 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 11.00 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 11.65 #694405 Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#96bbfa  rgb(150, 187, 250)  hsl(218, 91%, 78%)  Light Steel Blue
#fad596  rgb(250, 213, 150)  hsl(38, 91%, 78%)  Sunset
#fa96bb  rgb(250, 150, 187)  hsl(338, 91%, 78%)  Flamingo Pink
#bbfa96  rgb(187, 250, 150)  hsl(98, 91%, 78%)  Pale Green