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#9CBAFF

#9cbaff ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9cbaff 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 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 38.82% cyan, 27.06% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 221.82°, with 100% saturation and 80.59% 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 10.88:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 8.03.

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Relative luminance0.4941

Complementary

  1. #9cbaff
  2. #ffe19c

Split complementary

  1. #9cbaff
  2. #ffb09c
  3. #ebff9c

Analogous

  1. #9cebff
  2. #9cbaff
  3. #b09cff

Triadic

  1. #9cbaff
  2. #ff9cba
  3. #baff9c

Tetradic

  1. #9cbaff
  2. #e19cff
  3. #ffe19c
  4. #baff9c

Square

  1. #9cbaff
  2. #ff9ceb
  3. #ffe19c
  4. #9cffb0

Monochromatic

  1. #034fff
  2. #5085ff
  3. #9cbaff
  4. #e9efff
  5. #ebf1ff

Shades

#9cbaff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9cbaff
  2. #8ca7e6
  3. #7d95cc
  4. #6d82b3
  5. #5e7099
  6. #4e5d80
  7. #3e4a66
  8. #2f384d
  9. #1f2533
  10. #10131a
  11. #000000

Tints

#9cbaff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9cbaff
  2. #a6c1ff
  3. #b0c8ff
  4. #bacfff
  5. #c4d6ff
  6. #ceddff
  7. #d7e3ff
  8. #e1eaff
  9. #ebf1ff
  10. #f5f8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9cbaff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9cbaff
  2. #99b4f2
  3. #96aee6
  4. #94a9d9
  5. #91a3cc
  6. #8e9dc0
  7. #8b97b3
  8. #8891a6
  9. #868c99
  10. #83868d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afbad9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a2bfff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #99b7fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7cc8d2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a0bdff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ab8fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8ac3e5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9cbaff {
  color: #9cbaff;
}
Background
.bg-9cbaff {
  background-color: #9cbaff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9cbaff {
  border: 2px solid #9cbaff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9cbaff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 156 186 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 222 100% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9cbaff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9cbaff, #b09cff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9cbaff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(156 186 255 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.03 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.12 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.92 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.31 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.06 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.11 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 11.44 #634500 Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#9cbaff  rgb(156, 186, 255)  hsl(222, 100%, 81%)  Light Steel Blue
#ffe19c  rgb(255, 225, 156)  hsl(42, 100%, 81%)  Peach
#ff9cba  rgb(255, 156, 186)  hsl(342, 100%, 81%)  Carnation Pink
#baff9c  rgb(186, 255, 156)  hsl(102, 100%, 81%)  Pale Green