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#9EBAEB

#9ebaeb ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9ebaeb is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.96% red, 72.94% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.77% cyan, 20.85% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 218.18°, with 65.81% saturation and 77.06% 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 10.68:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 6.18.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.4839

Complementary

  1. #9ebaeb
  2. #ebcf9e

Split complementary

  1. #9ebaeb
  2. #eba99e
  3. #e1eb9e

Analogous

  1. #9ee1eb
  2. #9ebaeb
  3. #a99eeb

Triadic

  1. #9ebaeb
  2. #eb9eba
  3. #baeb9e

Tetradic

  1. #9ebaeb
  2. #cf9eeb
  3. #ebcf9e
  4. #baeb9e

Square

  1. #9ebaeb
  2. #eb9ee1
  3. #ebcf9e
  4. #9eeba9

Monochromatic

  1. #2962c7
  2. #5f8dde
  3. #9ebaeb
  4. #dde7f8
  5. #eef3fc

Shades

#9ebaeb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9ebaeb
  2. #8ea7d4
  3. #7e95bc
  4. #6f82a5
  5. #5f708d
  6. #4f5d76
  7. #3f4a5e
  8. #2f3847
  9. #20252f
  10. #101318
  11. #000000

Tints

#9ebaeb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9ebaeb
  2. #a8c1ed
  3. #b1c8ef
  4. #bbcff1
  5. #c5d6f3
  6. #cfddf5
  7. #d8e3f7
  8. #e2eaf9
  9. #ecf1fb
  10. #f5f8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9ebaeb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9ebaeb
  2. #9bb4e0
  3. #98aed6
  4. #95a9cb
  5. #92a3c0
  6. #8f9db6
  7. #8c97ab
  8. #8991a0
  9. #868c95
  10. #83868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afb9cf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a9bded ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1b6ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #87c4ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a5bcec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a0b7ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #91c0d8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9ebaeb {
  color: #9ebaeb;
}
Background
.bg-9ebaeb {
  background-color: #9ebaeb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9ebaeb {
  border: 2px solid #9ebaeb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9ebaeb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 158 186 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 218 66% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9ebaeb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9ebaeb, #a99eeb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9ebaeb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(158 186 235 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.18 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.71 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.35 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.04 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.20 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.58 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 10.94 #614514 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#9ebaeb  rgb(158, 186, 235)  hsl(218, 66%, 77%)  Light Steel Blue
#ebcf9e  rgb(235, 207, 158)  hsl(38, 66%, 77%)  Sunset
#eb9eba  rgb(235, 158, 186)  hsl(338, 66%, 77%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#baeb9e  rgb(186, 235, 158)  hsl(98, 66%, 77%)  Granny Smith Apple