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#9BBEFF

#9bbeff ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9bbeff is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60.78% red, 74.51% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 39.22% cyan, 25.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 219°, with 100% saturation and 80.39% 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 11.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 7.84.

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Relative luminance0.5102

Complementary

  1. #9bbeff
  2. #ffdc9b

Split complementary

  1. #9bbeff
  2. #ffaa9b
  3. #f0ff9b

Analogous

  1. #9bf0ff
  2. #9bbeff
  3. #aa9bff

Triadic

  1. #9bbeff
  2. #ff9bbe
  3. #beff9b

Tetradic

  1. #9bbeff
  2. #dc9bff
  3. #ffdc9b
  4. #beff9b

Square

  1. #9bbeff
  2. #ff9bf0
  3. #ffdc9b
  4. #9bffaa

Monochromatic

  1. #025bff
  2. #4e8cff
  3. #9bbeff
  4. #e7f0ff
  5. #ebf2ff

Shades

#9bbeff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9bbeff
  2. #8cabe6
  3. #7c98cc
  4. #6d85b3
  5. #5d7299
  6. #4e5f80
  7. #3e4c66
  8. #2f394d
  9. #1f2633
  10. #10131a
  11. #000000

Tints

#9bbeff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9bbeff
  2. #a5c5ff
  3. #afcbff
  4. #b9d2ff
  5. #c3d8ff
  6. #cddfff
  7. #d7e5ff
  8. #e1ecff
  9. #ebf2ff
  10. #f5f9ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9bbeff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9bbeff
  2. #98b8f2
  3. #96b2e6
  4. #93abd9
  5. #90a5cc
  6. #8e9fc0
  7. #8b99b3
  8. #8893a6
  9. #858c99
  10. #83868d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b1bedb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a7c2ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9db9fe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7accd4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a2c1ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9cbbfe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #88c6e7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9bbeff {
  color: #9bbeff;
}
Background
.bg-9bbeff {
  background-color: #9bbeff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9bbeff {
  border: 2px solid #9bbeff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9bbeff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 155 190 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 100% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9bbeff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9bbeff, #aa9bff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9bbeff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(155 190 255 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.84 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.02 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.73 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.77 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.79 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 11.33 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.57 #644100 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#9bbeff  rgb(155, 190, 255)  hsl(219, 100%, 80%)  Light Steel Blue
#ffdc9b  rgb(255, 220, 155)  hsl(39, 100%, 80%)  Navajo White
#ff9bbe  rgb(255, 155, 190)  hsl(339, 100%, 80%)  Carnation Pink
#beff9b  rgb(190, 255, 155)  hsl(99, 100%, 80%)  Mint Green