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#9EBAF9

#9ebaf9 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9ebaf9 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.96% red, 72.94% green and 97.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 36.55% cyan, 25.3% magenta, 0% yellow and 2.35% black. Its hue angle is 221.54°, with 88.35% saturation and 79.8% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.85:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 7.57.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.4923

Complementary

  1. #9ebaf9
  2. #f9dd9e

Split complementary

  1. #9ebaf9
  2. #f9af9e
  3. #e7f99e

Analogous

  1. #9ee7f9
  2. #9ebaf9
  3. #af9ef9

Triadic

  1. #9ebaf9
  2. #f99eba
  3. #baf99e

Tetradic

  1. #9ebaf9
  2. #dd9ef9
  3. #f9dd9e
  4. #baf99e

Square

  1. #9ebaf9
  2. #f99ee7
  3. #f9dd9e
  4. #9ef9af

Monochromatic

  1. #0f54ef
  2. #5687f5
  3. #9ebaf9
  4. #e6edfd
  5. #ecf1fe

Shades

#9ebaf9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9ebaf9
  2. #8ea7e0
  3. #7e95c7
  4. #6f82ae
  5. #5f7095
  6. #4f5d7d
  7. #3f4a64
  8. #2f384b
  9. #202532
  10. #101319
  11. #000000

Tints

#9ebaf9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9ebaf9
  2. #a8c1fa
  3. #b1c8fa
  4. #bbcffb
  5. #c5d6fb
  6. #cfddfc
  7. #d8e3fd
  8. #e2eafd
  9. #ecf1fe
  10. #f5f8fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9ebaf9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9ebaf9
  2. #9bb4ed
  3. #98aee1
  4. #95a9d5
  5. #92a3c9
  6. #8f9dbd
  7. #8c97b0
  8. #8991a4
  9. #868c98
  10. #83868c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b0bad6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a5bffc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9cb7f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #82c7d0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a2bdfb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9db8f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8ec2e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9ebaf9 {
  color: #9ebaf9;
}
Background
.bg-9ebaf9 {
  background-color: #9ebaf9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9ebaf9 {
  border: 2px solid #9ebaf9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9ebaf9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 158 186 249;
  --color-primary-hsl: 222 88% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9ebaf9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9ebaf9, #af9ef9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9ebaf9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(158 186 249 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.57 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.21 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.01 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.40 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.59 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.23 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 11.67 #614506 Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#9ebaf9  rgb(158, 186, 249)  hsl(222, 88%, 80%)  Light Steel Blue
#f9dd9e  rgb(249, 221, 158)  hsl(42, 88%, 80%)  Peach
#f99eba  rgb(249, 158, 186)  hsl(342, 88%, 80%)  Carnation Pink
#baf99e  rgb(186, 249, 158)  hsl(102, 88%, 80%)  Pale Green