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#9BBBD4

#9bbbd4 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#9bbbd4 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60.78% red, 73.33% green and 83.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.89% cyan, 11.79% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.86% black. Its hue angle is 206.32°, with 39.86% saturation and 71.96% 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 10.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 5.09.

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Relative luminance0.4726

Complementary

  1. #9bbbd4
  2. #d4b49b

Split complementary

  1. #9bbbd4
  2. #d49b9e
  3. #d4d19b

Analogous

  1. #9bd4d1
  2. #9bbbd4
  3. #9b9ed4

Triadic

  1. #9bbbd4
  2. #d49bbb
  3. #bbd49b

Tetradic

  1. #9bbbd4
  2. #b49bd4
  3. #d4b49b
  4. #bbd49b

Square

  1. #9bbbd4
  2. #d19bd4
  3. #d4b49b
  4. #9ed49b

Monochromatic

  1. #407096
  2. #6697bd
  3. #9bbbd4
  4. #d0dfeb
  5. #f1f5f9

Shades

#9bbbd4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9bbbd4
  2. #8ca8bf
  3. #7c96aa
  4. #6d8394
  5. #5d707f
  6. #4e5e6a
  7. #3e4b55
  8. #2f3840
  9. #1f252a
  10. #101315
  11. #000000

Tints

#9bbbd4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9bbbd4
  2. #a5c2d8
  3. #afc9dd
  4. #b9cfe1
  5. #c3d6e5
  6. #cdddea
  7. #d7e4ee
  8. #e1ebf2
  9. #ebf1f6
  10. #f5f8fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9bbbd4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9bbbd4
  2. #98b5cc
  3. #96afc3
  4. #93a9bb
  5. #90a3b2
  6. #8e9eaa
  7. #8b98a2
  8. #889299
  9. #858c91
  10. #838688
  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 #acb9c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b1bad5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a9b4d4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8ac1c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8bbd5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a4b7d4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #91bfca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9bbbd4 {
  color: #9bbbd4;
}
Background
.bg-9bbbd4 {
  background-color: #9bbbd4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9bbbd4 {
  border: 2px solid #9bbbd4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9bbbd4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 155 187 212;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 40% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9bbbd4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9bbbd4, #9b9ed4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9bbbd4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(155 187 212 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.09 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 6.77 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.10 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.93 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 7.95 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.96 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.97 #64442b Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#9bbbd4  rgb(155, 187, 212)  hsl(206, 40%, 72%)  Light Steel Blue
#d4b49b  rgb(212, 180, 155)  hsl(26, 40%, 72%)  Desert Sand
#d49bbb  rgb(212, 155, 187)  hsl(326, 40%, 72%)  Lilac
#bbd49b  rgb(187, 212, 155)  hsl(86, 40%, 72%)  Celadon