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#9CBAFA

#9cbafa ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9cbafa is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.18% red, 72.94% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 37.6% cyan, 25.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 220.85°, with 90.38% saturation and 79.61% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.82:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 7.72.

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Relative luminance0.4909

Complementary

  1. #9cbafa
  2. #fadc9c

Split complementary

  1. #9cbafa
  2. #faad9c
  3. #e9fa9c

Analogous

  1. #9ce9fa
  2. #9cbafa
  3. #ad9cfa

Triadic

  1. #9cbafa
  2. #fa9cba
  3. #bafa9c

Tetradic

  1. #9cbafa
  2. #dc9cfa
  3. #fadc9c
  4. #bafa9c

Square

  1. #9cbafa
  2. #fa9ce9
  3. #fadc9c
  4. #9cfaad

Monochromatic

  1. #0c55f1
  2. #5387f6
  3. #9cbafa
  4. #e5edfe
  5. #ecf1fe

Shades

#9cbafa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9cbafa
  2. #8ca7e1
  3. #7d95c8
  4. #6d82af
  5. #5e7096
  6. #4e5d7d
  7. #3e4a64
  8. #2f384b
  9. #1f2532
  10. #101319
  11. #000000

Tints

#9cbafa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9cbafa
  2. #a6c1fb
  3. #b0c8fb
  4. #bacffc
  5. #c4d6fc
  6. #ceddfd
  7. #d7e3fd
  8. #e1eafe
  9. #ebf1fe
  10. #f5f8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9cbafa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9cbafa
  2. #99b4ee
  3. #96aee2
  4. #94a9d5
  5. #91a3c9
  6. #8e9dbd
  7. #8b97b1
  8. #8891a5
  9. #868c98
  10. #83868c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afbad7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a4bffd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9bb6f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7ec7d0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a1bdfc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9bb8f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8bc2e2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9cbafa {
  color: #9cbafa;
}
Background
.bg-9cbafa {
  background-color: #9cbafa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9cbafa {
  border: 2px solid #9cbafa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9cbafa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 156 186 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 90% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9cbafa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9cbafa, #ad9cfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9cbafa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(156 186 250 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.72 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.58 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.70 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.14 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.88 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.89 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 11.42 #634505 Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#9cbafa  rgb(156, 186, 250)  hsl(221, 90%, 80%)  Light Steel Blue
#fadc9c  rgb(250, 220, 156)  hsl(41, 90%, 80%)  Peach
#fa9cba  rgb(250, 156, 186)  hsl(341, 90%, 80%)  Carnation Pink
#bafa9c  rgb(186, 250, 156)  hsl(101, 90%, 80%)  Pale Green