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#96BDEB

#96bdeb ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#96bdeb is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 58.82% red, 74.12% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 36.17% cyan, 19.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 212.47°, with 68% saturation and 75.49% 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 10.78:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 6.38.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.4888

Complementary

  1. #96bdeb
  2. #ebc496

Split complementary

  1. #96bdeb
  2. #eb9996
  3. #e8eb96

Analogous

  1. #96e8eb
  2. #96bdeb
  3. #9996eb

Triadic

  1. #96bdeb
  2. #eb96bd
  3. #bdeb96

Tetradic

  1. #96bdeb
  2. #c496eb
  3. #ebc496
  4. #bdeb96

Square

  1. #96bdeb
  2. #eb96e8
  3. #ebc496
  4. #96eb99

Monochromatic

  1. #256ec3
  2. #5695df
  3. #96bdeb
  4. #d6e5f7
  5. #eef4fc

Shades

#96bdeb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #96bdeb
  2. #87aad4
  3. #7897bc
  4. #6984a5
  5. #5a718d
  6. #4b5f76
  7. #3c4c5e
  8. #2d3947
  9. #1e262f
  10. #0f1318
  11. #000000

Tints

#96bdeb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #96bdeb
  2. #a1c4ed
  3. #abcaef
  4. #b6d1f1
  5. #c0d7f3
  6. #cbdef5
  7. #d5e5f7
  8. #e0ebf9
  9. #eaf2fb
  10. #f5f8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#96bdeb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #96bdeb
  2. #94b7e0
  3. #92b1d6
  4. #8fabcb
  5. #8da5c0
  6. #8b9fb6
  7. #8998ab
  8. #8792a0
  9. #848c95
  10. #82868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #adbbcf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #acbeed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a2b6ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7ac7cc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a4beec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9db9ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #86c3d9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-96bdeb {
  color: #96bdeb;
}
Background
.bg-96bdeb {
  background-color: #96bdeb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-96bdeb {
  border: 2px solid #96bdeb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #96bdeb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 150 189 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 212 68% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-96bdeb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #96bdeb, #9996eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-96bdeb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(150 189 235 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.38 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.79 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.50 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.79 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.14 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.25 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.92 #694214 Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#96bdeb  rgb(150, 189, 235)  hsl(212, 68%, 75%)  Light Steel Blue
#ebc496  rgb(235, 196, 150)  hsl(32, 68%, 75%)  Burly Wood
#eb96bd  rgb(235, 150, 189)  hsl(332, 68%, 75%)  Carnation Pink
#bdeb96  rgb(189, 235, 150)  hsl(92, 68%, 75%)  Granny Smith Apple