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#9CD4FE

#9cd4fe ≈ Light Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9cd4fe is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.18% red, 83.14% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 38.58% cyan, 16.54% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 205.71°, with 98% saturation and 80.39% 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 13.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sky Blue (#87cefa), ΔE 3.03.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.6131

Complementary

  1. #9cd4fe
  2. #fec69c

Split complementary

  1. #9cd4fe
  2. #fe9ca3
  3. #fef79c

Analogous

  1. #9cfef7
  2. #9cd4fe
  3. #9ca3fe

Triadic

  1. #9cd4fe
  2. #fe9cd4
  3. #d4fe9c

Tetradic

  1. #9cd4fe
  2. #c69cfe
  3. #fec69c
  4. #d4fe9c

Square

  1. #9cd4fe
  2. #f79cfe
  3. #fec69c
  4. #a3fe9c

Monochromatic

  1. #0592fc
  2. #50b3fd
  3. #9cd4fe
  4. #e8f5ff
  5. #ebf6ff

Shades

#9cd4fe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9cd4fe
  2. #8cbfe5
  3. #7daacb
  4. #6d94b2
  5. #5e7f98
  6. #4e6a7f
  7. #3e5566
  8. #2f404c
  9. #1f2a33
  10. #101519
  11. #000000

Tints

#9cd4fe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9cd4fe
  2. #a6d8fe
  3. #b0ddfe
  4. #bae1fe
  5. #c4e5fe
  6. #ceeaff
  7. #d7eeff
  8. #e1f2ff
  9. #ebf6ff
  10. #f5fbff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9cd4fe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9cd4fe
  2. #99ccf1
  3. #96c3e5
  4. #94bbd8
  5. #91b2cc
  6. #8eaabf
  7. #8ba2b2
  8. #8899a6
  9. #869199
  10. #83888d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cdcdcd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcd0e2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2d3ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b5c9fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #79dee2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b4d4ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #accdfe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #88daee ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9cd4fe {
  color: #9cd4fe;
}
Background
.bg-9cd4fe {
  background-color: #9cd4fe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9cd4fe {
  border: 2px solid #9cd4fe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9cd4fe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 156 212 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 98% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9cd4fe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9cd4fe, #9ca3fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9cd4fe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(156 212 254 / 0.35);
}

#87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 3.03 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 4.79 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.95 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.12 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 7.31 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.93 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 8.76 #632b01 Inverted #cdcdcd Grayscale 

Light Sky Blue
#9cd4fe  rgb(156, 212, 254)  hsl(206, 98%, 80%)  Light Sky Blue
#fec69c  rgb(254, 198, 156)  hsl(26, 98%, 80%)  Peach Orange
#fe9cd4  rgb(254, 156, 212)  hsl(326, 98%, 80%)  Carnation Pink
#d4fe9c  rgb(212, 254, 156)  hsl(86, 98%, 80%)  Inchworm