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#9BB2BA

#9bb2ba ≈ Pastel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#9bb2ba is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60.78% red, 69.8% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 16.67% cyan, 4.3% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 195.48°, with 18.34% saturation and 66.86% 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 9.47:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Blue (#aec6cf), ΔE 5.35.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.4235

Complementary

  1. #9bb2ba
  2. #baa39b

Split complementary

  1. #9bb2ba
  2. #ba9ba2
  3. #bab29b

Analogous

  1. #9bbab2
  2. #9bb2ba
  3. #9ba2ba

Triadic

  1. #9bb2ba
  2. #ba9bb2
  3. #b2ba9b

Tetradic

  1. #9bb2ba
  2. #a39bba
  3. #baa39b
  4. #b2ba9b

Square

  1. #9bb2ba
  2. #b29bba
  3. #baa39b
  4. #a2ba9b

Monochromatic

  1. #4d666f
  2. #6e8f9b
  3. #9bb2ba
  4. #c8d5d9
  5. #f3f6f7

Shades

#9bb2ba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9bb2ba
  2. #8ca0a7
  3. #7c8e95
  4. #6d7d82
  5. #5d6b70
  6. #4e595d
  7. #3e474a
  8. #2f3538
  9. #1f2425
  10. #101213
  11. #000000

Tints

#9bb2ba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9bb2ba
  2. #a5bac1
  3. #afc1c8
  4. #b9c9cf
  5. #c3d1d6
  6. #cdd9dd
  7. #d7e0e3
  8. #e1e8ea
  9. #ebf0f1
  10. #f5f7f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9bb2ba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9bb2ba
  2. #98adb4
  3. #96a8ae
  4. #93a3a9
  5. #909ea3
  6. #8e999d
  7. #8b9497
  8. #888f91
  9. #858a8c
  10. #838586
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7b0b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #adb0ba ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a8acba ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #92b5b4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a6b1ba ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a3afba ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #96b4b7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9bb2ba {
  color: #9bb2ba;
}
Background
.bg-9bb2ba {
  background-color: #9bb2ba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9bb2ba {
  border: 2px solid #9bb2ba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9bb2ba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 155 178 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 18% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9bb2ba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9bb2ba, #9ba2ba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9bb2ba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(155 178 186 / 0.35);
}

#aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 5.35 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.57 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 8.69 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 9.22 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 9.23 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 9.23 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.85 #644d45 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Pastel Blue
#9bb2ba  rgb(155, 178, 186)  hsl(195, 18%, 67%)  Pastel Blue
#baa39b  rgb(186, 163, 155)  hsl(15, 18%, 67%)  Silver Pink
#ba9bb2  rgb(186, 155, 178)  hsl(315, 18%, 67%)  Pastel Purple
#b2ba9b  rgb(178, 186, 155)  hsl(75, 18%, 67%)  Sage