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#9BBCD4

#9bbcd4 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#9bbcd4 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60.78% red, 73.73% green and 83.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.89% cyan, 11.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.86% black. Its hue angle is 205.26°, 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 10.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 5.42.

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Relative luminance0.4769

Complementary

  1. #9bbcd4
  2. #d4b39b

Split complementary

  1. #9bbcd4
  2. #d49ba0
  3. #d4cf9b

Analogous

  1. #9bd4cf
  2. #9bbcd4
  3. #9ba0d4

Triadic

  1. #9bbcd4
  2. #d49bbc
  3. #bcd49b

Tetradic

  1. #9bbcd4
  2. #b39bd4
  3. #d4b39b
  4. #bcd49b

Square

  1. #9bbcd4
  2. #cf9bd4
  3. #d4b39b
  4. #a0d49b

Monochromatic

  1. #407296
  2. #6698bd
  3. #9bbcd4
  4. #d0e0eb
  5. #f1f5f9

Shades

#9bbcd4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9bbcd4
  2. #8ca9bf
  3. #7c96aa
  4. #6d8494
  5. #5d717f
  6. #4e5e6a
  7. #3e4b55
  8. #2f3840
  9. #1f262a
  10. #101315
  11. #000000

Tints

#9bbcd4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9bbcd4
  2. #a5c3d8
  3. #afc9dd
  4. #b9d0e1
  5. #c3d7e5
  6. #cddeea
  7. #d7e4ee
  8. #e1ebf2
  9. #ebf2f6
  10. #f5f8fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9bbcd4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9bbcd4
  2. #98b6cc
  3. #96b0c3
  4. #93aabb
  5. #90a4b2
  6. #8e9eaa
  7. #8b98a2
  8. #889299
  9. #858c91
  10. #838688
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #adb9c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b2bbd5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aab5d4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8ac2c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9bcd5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a4b8d4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #91c0ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9bbcd4 {
  color: #9bbcd4;
}
Background
.bg-9bbcd4 {
  background-color: #9bbcd4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9bbcd4 {
  border: 2px solid #9bbcd4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9bbcd4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 155 188 212;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 40% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9bbcd4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9bbcd4, #9ba0d4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9bbcd4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(155 188 212 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.42 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 6.33 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.89 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.53 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 7.58 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.76 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.81 #64432b Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#9bbcd4  rgb(155, 188, 212)  hsl(205, 40%, 72%)  Light Steel Blue
#d4b39b  rgb(212, 179, 155)  hsl(25, 40%, 72%)  Tumbleweed
#d49bbc  rgb(212, 155, 188)  hsl(325, 40%, 72%)  Lilac
#bcd49b  rgb(188, 212, 155)  hsl(85, 40%, 72%)  Celadon