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#9CC4E7

#9cc4e7 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9cc4e7 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.18% red, 76.86% green and 90.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.47% cyan, 15.15% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 208°, with 60.98% saturation and 75.88% 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 11.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 5.31.

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Relative luminance0.5232

Complementary

  1. #9cc4e7
  2. #e7bf9c

Split complementary

  1. #9cc4e7
  2. #e79c9e
  3. #e7e49c

Analogous

  1. #9ce7e4
  2. #9cc4e7
  3. #9c9ee7

Triadic

  1. #9cc4e7
  2. #e79cc4
  3. #c4e79c

Tetradic

  1. #9cc4e7
  2. #bf9ce7
  3. #e7bf9c
  4. #c4e79c

Square

  1. #9cc4e7
  2. #e49ce7
  3. #e7bf9c
  4. #9ee79c

Monochromatic

  1. #2e7abc
  2. #5e9fd8
  3. #9cc4e7
  4. #dae9f6
  5. #eff5fb

Shades

#9cc4e7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9cc4e7
  2. #8cb0d0
  3. #7d9db9
  4. #6d89a2
  5. #5e768b
  6. #4e6274
  7. #3e4e5c
  8. #2f3b45
  9. #1f272e
  10. #101417
  11. #000000

Tints

#9cc4e7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9cc4e7
  2. #a6cae9
  3. #b0d0ec
  4. #bad6ee
  5. #c4dcf1
  6. #cee2f3
  7. #d7e7f5
  8. #e1edf8
  9. #ebf3fa
  10. #f5f9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9cc4e7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9cc4e7
  2. #99bddd
  3. #96b6d2
  4. #94b0c8
  5. #91a9be
  6. #8ea2b4
  7. #8b9ba9
  8. #88949f
  9. #868e95
  10. #83878a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2c1d0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6c4e9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #acbce6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #84cccf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #acc4e8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a6bfe7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8ec9d9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9cc4e7 {
  color: #9cc4e7;
}
Background
.bg-9cc4e7 {
  background-color: #9cc4e7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9cc4e7 {
  border: 2px solid #9cc4e7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9cc4e7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 156 196 231;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 61% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9cc4e7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9cc4e7, #9c9ee7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9cc4e7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(156 196 231 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.31 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 5.49 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.38 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 6.52 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.06 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.38 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 7.60 #633b18 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#9cc4e7  rgb(156, 196, 231)  hsl(208, 61%, 76%)  Light Steel Blue
#e7bf9c  rgb(231, 191, 156)  hsl(28, 61%, 76%)  Desert Sand
#e79cc4  rgb(231, 156, 196)  hsl(328, 61%, 76%)  Carnation Pink
#c4e79c  rgb(196, 231, 156)  hsl(88, 61%, 76%)  Granny Smith Apple