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#9CD1FA

#9cd1fa ≈ Light Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9cd1fa is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.18% red, 81.96% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 37.6% cyan, 16.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 206.17°, with 90.38% saturation and 79.61% 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 12.91:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sky Blue (#87cefa), ΔE 3.13.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.5957

Complementary

  1. #9cd1fa
  2. #fac59c

Split complementary

  1. #9cd1fa
  2. #fa9ca2
  3. #faf49c

Analogous

  1. #9cfaf4
  2. #9cd1fa
  3. #9ca2fa

Triadic

  1. #9cd1fa
  2. #fa9cd1
  3. #d1fa9c

Tetradic

  1. #9cd1fa
  2. #c59cfa
  3. #fac59c
  4. #d1fa9c

Square

  1. #9cd1fa
  2. #f49cfa
  3. #fac59c
  4. #a2fa9c

Monochromatic

  1. #0c8df1
  2. #53aff6
  3. #9cd1fa
  4. #e5f3fe
  5. #ecf6fe

Shades

#9cd1fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9cd1fa
  2. #8cbce1
  3. #7da7c8
  4. #6d92af
  5. #5e7d96
  6. #4e697d
  7. #3e5464
  8. #2f3f4b
  9. #1f2a32
  10. #101519
  11. #000000

Tints

#9cd1fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9cd1fa
  2. #a6d6fb
  3. #b0dafb
  4. #badffc
  5. #c4e3fc
  6. #cee8fd
  7. #d7edfd
  8. #e1f1fe
  9. #ebf6fe
  10. #f5faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9cd1fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9cd1fa
  2. #99c9ee
  3. #96c1e2
  4. #94b9d5
  5. #91b1c9
  6. #8ea9bd
  7. #8ba0b1
  8. #8898a5
  9. #869098
  10. #83888c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cbcbcb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bacddf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0d1fc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3c6f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7bdbde ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b3d1fb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #abcbfa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #89d7ea ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9cd1fa {
  color: #9cd1fa;
}
Background
.bg-9cd1fa {
  background-color: #9cd1fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9cd1fa {
  border: 2px solid #9cd1fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9cd1fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 156 209 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 90% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9cd1fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9cd1fa, #9ca2fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9cd1fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(156 209 250 / 0.35);
}

#87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 3.13 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 4.88 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.71 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.16 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 7.23 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.65 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.11 #632e05 Inverted #cbcbcb Grayscale 

Light Sky Blue
#9cd1fa  rgb(156, 209, 250)  hsl(206, 90%, 80%)  Light Sky Blue
#fac59c  rgb(250, 197, 156)  hsl(26, 90%, 80%)  Peach Orange
#fa9cd1  rgb(250, 156, 209)  hsl(326, 90%, 80%)  Carnation Pink
#d1fa9c  rgb(209, 250, 156)  hsl(86, 90%, 80%)  Inchworm