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#9EB0C8

#9eb0c8 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#9eb0c8 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.96% red, 69.02% green and 78.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21% cyan, 12% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 214.29°, with 27.63% saturation and 70.2% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 5.34.

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Relative luminance0.4249

Complementary

  1. #9eb0c8
  2. #c8b69e

Split complementary

  1. #9eb0c8
  2. #c8a19e
  3. #c5c89e

Analogous

  1. #9ec5c8
  2. #9eb0c8
  3. #a19ec8

Triadic

  1. #9eb0c8
  2. #c89eb0
  3. #b0c89e

Tetradic

  1. #9eb0c8
  2. #b69ec8
  3. #c8b69e
  4. #b0c89e

Square

  1. #9eb0c8
  2. #c89ec5
  3. #c8b69e
  4. #9ec8a1

Monochromatic

  1. #4a6283
  2. #6d88ac
  3. #9eb0c8
  4. #cfd8e4
  5. #f2f4f8

Shades

#9eb0c8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9eb0c8
  2. #8e9eb4
  3. #7e8da0
  4. #6f7b8c
  5. #5f6a78
  6. #4f5864
  7. #3f4650
  8. #2f353c
  9. #202328
  10. #101214
  11. #000000

Tints

#9eb0c8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9eb0c8
  2. #a8b8ce
  3. #b1c0d3
  4. #bbc8d9
  5. #c5d0de
  6. #cfd8e4
  7. #d8dfe9
  8. #e2e7ef
  9. #eceff4
  10. #f5f7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9eb0c8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9eb0c8
  2. #9babc1
  3. #98a6ba
  4. #95a2b2
  5. #929dab
  6. #8f98a4
  7. #8c939d
  8. #898e96
  9. #868a8e
  10. #838587
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8afb9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a8b1c9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a3acc7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #93b5b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a4b0c9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a1aec8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #98b3be ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9eb0c8 {
  color: #9eb0c8;
}
Background
.bg-9eb0c8 {
  background-color: #9eb0c8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9eb0c8 {
  border: 2px solid #9eb0c8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9eb0c8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 158 176 200;
  --color-primary-hsl: 214 28% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9eb0c8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9eb0c8, #a19ec8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9eb0c8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(158 176 200 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.34 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.46 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.36 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 9.44 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.82 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.09 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.37 #614f37 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#9eb0c8  rgb(158, 176, 200)  hsl(214, 28%, 70%)  Light Steel Blue
#c8b69e  rgb(200, 182, 158)  hsl(34, 28%, 70%)  Tan
#c89eb0  rgb(200, 158, 176)  hsl(334, 28%, 70%)  Pastel Purple
#b0c89e  rgb(176, 200, 158)  hsl(94, 28%, 70%)  Dark Sea Green