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#9BBCD6

#9bbcd6 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#9bbcd6 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 83.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.57% cyan, 12.15% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.08% black. Its hue angle is 206.44°, with 41.84% saturation and 72.35% 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 10.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 5.02.

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Relative luminance0.4779

Complementary

  1. #9bbcd6
  2. #d6b59b

Split complementary

  1. #9bbcd6
  2. #d69b9e
  3. #d6d29b

Analogous

  1. #9bd6d2
  2. #9bbcd6
  3. #9b9ed6

Triadic

  1. #9bbcd6
  2. #d69bbc
  3. #bcd69b

Tetradic

  1. #9bbcd6
  2. #b59bd6
  3. #d6b59b
  4. #bcd69b

Square

  1. #9bbcd6
  2. #d29bd6
  3. #d6b59b
  4. #9ed69b

Monochromatic

  1. #3f7199
  2. #6598c0
  3. #9bbcd6
  4. #d1e0ec
  5. #f1f5f9

Shades

#9bbcd6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9bbcd6
  2. #8ca9c1
  3. #7c96ab
  4. #6d8496
  5. #5d7180
  6. #4e5e6b
  7. #3e4b56
  8. #2f3840
  9. #1f262b
  10. #101315
  11. #000000

Tints

#9bbcd6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9bbcd6
  2. #a5c3da
  3. #afc9de
  4. #b9d0e2
  5. #c3d7e6
  6. #cddeeb
  7. #d7e4ef
  8. #e1ebf3
  9. #ebf2f7
  10. #f5f8fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9bbcd6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9bbcd6
  2. #98b6cd
  3. #96b0c5
  4. #93aabc
  5. #90a4b4
  6. #8e9eab
  7. #8b98a2
  8. #88929a
  9. #858c91
  10. #838689
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #adb9c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b1bbd7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aab5d6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8ac2c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9bcd7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a4b8d6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #91c0cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9bbcd6 {
  color: #9bbcd6;
}
Background
.bg-9bbcd6 {
  background-color: #9bbcd6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9bbcd6 {
  border: 2px solid #9bbcd6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9bbcd6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 155 188 214;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 42% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9bbcd6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9bbcd6, #9b9ed6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9bbcd6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(155 188 214 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.02 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 6.95 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.02 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.61 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.66 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 7.82 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.05 #644329 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#9bbcd6  rgb(155, 188, 214)  hsl(206, 42%, 72%)  Light Steel Blue
#d6b59b  rgb(214, 181, 155)  hsl(26, 42%, 72%)  Desert Sand
#d69bbc  rgb(214, 155, 188)  hsl(326, 42%, 72%)  Lilac
#bcd69b  rgb(188, 214, 155)  hsl(86, 42%, 72%)  Granny Smith Apple