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#9BC6DA

#9bc6da ≈ Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#9bc6da is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60.78% red, 77.65% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.9% cyan, 9.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 199.05°, with 45.99% saturation and 73.14% 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 11.48:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 4.73.

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Relative luminance0.5242

Complementary

  1. #9bc6da
  2. #daaf9b

Split complementary

  1. #9bc6da
  2. #da9ba7
  3. #dacf9b

Analogous

  1. #9bdacf
  2. #9bc6da
  3. #9ba7da

Triadic

  1. #9bc6da
  2. #da9bc6
  3. #c6da9b

Tetradic

  1. #9bc6da
  2. #af9bda
  3. #daaf9b
  4. #c6da9b

Square

  1. #9bc6da
  2. #cf9bda
  3. #daaf9b
  4. #a7da9b

Monochromatic

  1. #3b80a1
  2. #63a6c5
  3. #9bc6da
  4. #d3e6ef
  5. #f0f7f9

Shades

#9bc6da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9bc6da
  2. #8cb2c4
  3. #7c9eae
  4. #6d8b99
  5. #5d7783
  6. #4e636d
  7. #3e4f57
  8. #2f3b41
  9. #1f282c
  10. #101416
  11. #000000

Tints

#9bc6da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9bc6da
  2. #a5ccde
  3. #afd1e1
  4. #b9d7e5
  5. #c3dde9
  6. #cde3ed
  7. #d7e8f0
  8. #e1eef4
  9. #ebf4f8
  10. #f5f9fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9bc6da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9bc6da
  2. #98bfd1
  3. #96b8c8
  4. #93b1bf
  5. #90aab6
  6. #8ea3ad
  7. #8b9ca4
  8. #88959b
  9. #858e92
  10. #838789
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2c2cb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bcc4db ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2bcda ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #87cccc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0c5db ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a9c0da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #90cad2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9bc6da {
  color: #9bc6da;
}
Background
.bg-9bc6da {
  background-color: #9bc6da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9bc6da {
  border: 2px solid #9bc6da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9bc6da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 155 198 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 46% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9bc6da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9bc6da, #9ba7da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9bc6da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(155 198 218 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 4.73 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 5.00 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 5.03 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 5.25 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 5.73 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 6.43 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.59 #643925 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#9bc6da  rgb(155, 198, 218)  hsl(199, 46%, 73%)  Sky Blue
#daaf9b  rgb(218, 175, 155)  hsl(19, 46%, 73%)  Zinnwaldite
#da9bc6  rgb(218, 155, 198)  hsl(319, 46%, 73%)  Plum
#c6da9b  rgb(198, 218, 155)  hsl(79, 46%, 73%)  Tea Green