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#9BBCFA

#9bbcfa ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9bbcfa is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60.78% red, 73.73% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 38% cyan, 24.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 219.16°, with 90.48% saturation and 79.41% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.97:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 7.59.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.4984

Complementary

  1. #9bbcfa
  2. #fad99b

Split complementary

  1. #9bbcfa
  2. #faa99b
  3. #ebfa9b

Analogous

  1. #9bebfa
  2. #9bbcfa
  3. #a99bfa

Triadic

  1. #9bbcfa
  2. #fa9bbc
  3. #bcfa9b

Tetradic

  1. #9bbcfa
  2. #d99bfa
  3. #fad99b
  4. #bcfa9b

Square

  1. #9bbcfa
  2. #fa9beb
  3. #fad99b
  4. #9bfaa9

Monochromatic

  1. #0c5bf0
  2. #528bf6
  3. #9bbcfa
  4. #e4edfe
  5. #ecf2fe

Shades

#9bbcfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9bbcfa
  2. #8ca9e1
  3. #7c96c8
  4. #6d84af
  5. #5d7196
  6. #4e5e7d
  7. #3e4b64
  8. #2f384b
  9. #1f2632
  10. #101319
  11. #000000

Tints

#9bbcfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9bbcfa
  2. #a5c3fb
  3. #afc9fb
  4. #b9d0fc
  5. #c3d7fc
  6. #cddefd
  7. #d7e4fd
  8. #e1ebfe
  9. #ebf2fe
  10. #f5f8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9bbcfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9bbcfa
  2. #98b6ee
  3. #96b0e2
  4. #93aad5
  5. #90a4c9
  6. #8e9ebd
  7. #8b98b1
  8. #8892a5
  9. #858c98
  10. #83868c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afbcd7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a6c0fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9db7f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7cc9d1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a2befc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9cb9f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8ac4e3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9bbcfa {
  color: #9bbcfa;
}
Background
.bg-9bbcfa {
  background-color: #9bbcfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9bbcfa {
  border: 2px solid #9bbcfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9bbcfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 155 188 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 90% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9bbcfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9bbcfa, #a99bfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9bbcfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(155 188 250 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.59 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.99 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.32 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.51 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.08 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.25 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 11.46 #644305 Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#9bbcfa  rgb(155, 188, 250)  hsl(219, 90%, 79%)  Light Steel Blue
#fad99b  rgb(250, 217, 155)  hsl(39, 90%, 79%)  Navajo White
#fa9bbc  rgb(250, 155, 188)  hsl(339, 90%, 79%)  Carnation Pink
#bcfa9b  rgb(188, 250, 155)  hsl(99, 90%, 79%)  Pale Green