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#9BB5FF

#9bb5ff ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9bb5ff is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60.78% red, 70.98% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 39.22% cyan, 29.02% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 224.4°, with 100% saturation and 80.39% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 8.48.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.4724

Complementary

  1. #9bb5ff
  2. #ffe59b

Split complementary

  1. #9bb5ff
  2. #ffb39b
  3. #e7ff9b

Analogous

  1. #9be7ff
  2. #9bb5ff
  3. #b39bff

Triadic

  1. #9bb5ff
  2. #ff9bb5
  3. #b5ff9b

Tetradic

  1. #9bb5ff
  2. #e59bff
  3. #ffe59b
  4. #b5ff9b

Square

  1. #9bb5ff
  2. #ff9be7
  3. #ffe59b
  4. #9bffb3

Monochromatic

  1. #0244ff
  2. #4e7cff
  3. #9bb5ff
  4. #e7eeff
  5. #ebf0ff

Shades

#9bb5ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9bb5ff
  2. #8ca3e6
  3. #7c91cc
  4. #6d7fb3
  5. #5d6d99
  6. #4e5b80
  7. #3e4866
  8. #2f364d
  9. #1f2433
  10. #10121a
  11. #000000

Tints

#9bb5ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9bb5ff
  2. #a5bcff
  3. #afc4ff
  4. #b9cbff
  5. #c3d3ff
  6. #cddaff
  7. #d7e1ff
  8. #e1e9ff
  9. #ebf0ff
  10. #f5f8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9bb5ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9bb5ff
  2. #98b0f2
  3. #96aae6
  4. #93a5d9
  5. #90a0cc
  6. #8e9bc0
  7. #8b95b3
  8. #8890a6
  9. #858b99
  10. #83858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #acb6d8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9cbcff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #93b3fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7bc4cf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9bb9ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #96b4fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #89bee4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9bb5ff {
  color: #9bb5ff;
}
Background
.bg-9bb5ff {
  background-color: #9bb5ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9bb5ff {
  border: 2px solid #9bb5ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9bb5ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 155 181 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 100% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9bb5ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9bb5ff, #b39bff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9bb5ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(155 181 255 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.48 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.79 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.86 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 10.74 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.27 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.41 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 12.25 #644a00 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#9bb5ff  rgb(155, 181, 255)  hsl(224, 100%, 80%)  Light Steel Blue
#ffe59b  rgb(255, 229, 155)  hsl(44, 100%, 80%)  Jasmine
#ff9bb5  rgb(255, 155, 181)  hsl(344, 100%, 80%)  Flamingo Pink
#b5ff9b  rgb(181, 255, 155)  hsl(104, 100%, 80%)  Mint Green