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#9DC0EE

#9dc0ee ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9dc0ee is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.57% red, 75.29% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 34.03% cyan, 19.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 214.07°, with 70.43% saturation and 77.45% 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 11.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 5.67.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.5104

Complementary

  1. #9dc0ee
  2. #eecb9d

Split complementary

  1. #9dc0ee
  2. #eea29d
  3. #e9ee9d

Analogous

  1. #9de9ee
  2. #9dc0ee
  3. #a29dee

Triadic

  1. #9dc0ee
  2. #ee9dc0
  3. #c0ee9d

Tetradic

  1. #9dc0ee
  2. #cb9dee
  3. #eecb9d
  4. #c0ee9d

Square

  1. #9dc0ee
  2. #ee9de9
  3. #eecb9d
  4. #9deea2

Monochromatic

  1. #246dce
  2. #5c96e3
  3. #9dc0ee
  4. #deeaf9
  5. #eef4fc

Shades

#9dc0ee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9dc0ee
  2. #8dadd6
  3. #7e9abe
  4. #6e86a7
  5. #5e738f
  6. #4f6077
  7. #3f4d5f
  8. #2f3a47
  9. #1f2630
  10. #101318
  11. #000000

Tints

#9dc0ee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9dc0ee
  2. #a7c6f0
  3. #b1cdf1
  4. #bad3f3
  5. #c4d9f5
  6. #cee0f7
  7. #d8e6f8
  8. #e2ecfa
  9. #ebf2fc
  10. #f5f9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9dc0ee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9dc0ee
  2. #9abae3
  3. #97b3d8
  4. #94adcd
  5. #91a6c2
  6. #8fa0b7
  7. #8c9aac
  8. #8993a1
  9. #868d96
  10. #83868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b1bed3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #afc2f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a6baed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #84cacf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8c1ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a3bced ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8fc6dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9dc0ee {
  color: #9dc0ee;
}
Background
.bg-9dc0ee {
  background-color: #9dc0ee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9dc0ee {
  border: 2px solid #9dc0ee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9dc0ee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 157 192 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 214 70% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9dc0ee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9dc0ee, #a29dee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9dc0ee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(157 192 238 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.67 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.88 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.12 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.66 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.09 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.46 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.83 #623f11 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#9dc0ee  rgb(157, 192, 238)  hsl(214, 70%, 77%)  Light Steel Blue
#eecb9d  rgb(238, 203, 157)  hsl(34, 70%, 77%)  Sunset
#ee9dc0  rgb(238, 157, 192)  hsl(334, 70%, 77%)  Carnation Pink
#c0ee9d  rgb(192, 238, 157)  hsl(94, 70%, 77%)  Granny Smith Apple