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#9BB2BD

#9bb2bd ≈ Pastel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#9bb2bd 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 74.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.99% cyan, 5.82% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.88% black. Its hue angle is 199.41°, with 20.48% saturation and 67.45% 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 9.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Blue (#aec6cf), ΔE 5.39.

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Relative luminance0.4248

Complementary

  1. #9bb2bd
  2. #bda69b

Split complementary

  1. #9bb2bd
  2. #bd9ba1
  3. #bdb79b

Analogous

  1. #9bbdb7
  2. #9bb2bd
  3. #9ba1bd

Triadic

  1. #9bb2bd
  2. #bd9bb2
  3. #b2bd9b

Tetradic

  1. #9bb2bd
  2. #a69bbd
  3. #bda69b
  4. #b2bd9b

Square

  1. #9bb2bd
  2. #b79bbd
  3. #bda69b
  4. #a1bd9b

Monochromatic

  1. #4c6673
  2. #6d8f9f
  3. #9bb2bd
  4. #c9d5db
  5. #f3f6f7

Shades

#9bb2bd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9bb2bd
  2. #8ca0aa
  3. #7c8e97
  4. #6d7d84
  5. #5d6b71
  6. #4e595f
  7. #3e474c
  8. #2f3539
  9. #1f2426
  10. #101213
  11. #000000

Tints

#9bb2bd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9bb2bd
  2. #a5bac4
  3. #afc1ca
  4. #b9c9d1
  5. #c3d1d7
  6. #cdd9de
  7. #d7e0e5
  8. #e1e8eb
  9. #ebf0f2
  10. #f5f7f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9bb2bd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9bb2bd
  2. #98adb7
  3. #96a8b1
  4. #93a3ab
  5. #909ea5
  6. #8e999f
  7. #8b9498
  8. #888f92
  9. #858a8c
  10. #838586
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a7b0b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #acb1be ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a7adbd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #92b5b5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a6b1bd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a2afbd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #96b4b8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9bb2bd {
  color: #9bb2bd;
}
Background
.bg-9bb2bd {
  background-color: #9bb2bd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9bb2bd {
  border: 2px solid #9bb2bd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9bb2bd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 155 178 189;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 20% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9bb2bd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9bb2bd, #9ba1bd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9bb2bd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(155 178 189 / 0.35);
}

#aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 5.39 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.09 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.70 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.33 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 9.38 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 9.38 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 9.98 #644d42 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Pastel Blue
#9bb2bd  rgb(155, 178, 189)  hsl(199, 20%, 67%)  Pastel Blue
#bda69b  rgb(189, 166, 155)  hsl(19, 20%, 67%)  Silver Pink
#bd9bb2  rgb(189, 155, 178)  hsl(319, 20%, 67%)  Pastel Purple
#b2bd9b  rgb(178, 189, 155)  hsl(79, 20%, 67%)  Sage