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#9EBEDA

#9ebeda ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#9ebeda is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.96% red, 74.51% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.52% cyan, 12.84% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 208°, with 44.78% saturation and 73.73% 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 10.83:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.18.

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Relative luminance0.4916

Complementary

  1. #9ebeda
  2. #daba9e

Split complementary

  1. #9ebeda
  2. #da9ea0
  3. #dad89e

Analogous

  1. #9edad8
  2. #9ebeda
  3. #9ea0da

Triadic

  1. #9ebeda
  2. #da9ebe
  3. #beda9e

Tetradic

  1. #9ebeda
  2. #ba9eda
  3. #daba9e
  4. #beda9e

Square

  1. #9ebeda
  2. #d89eda
  3. #daba9e
  4. #a0da9e

Monochromatic

  1. #3e73a1
  2. #6799c5
  3. #9ebeda
  4. #d5e3ef
  5. #f0f5f9

Shades

#9ebeda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9ebeda
  2. #8eabc4
  3. #7e98ae
  4. #6f8599
  5. #5f7283
  6. #4f5f6d
  7. #3f4c57
  8. #2f3941
  9. #20262c
  10. #101316
  11. #000000

Tints

#9ebeda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9ebeda
  2. #a8c5de
  3. #b1cbe1
  4. #bbd2e5
  5. #c5d8e9
  6. #cfdfed
  7. #d8e5f0
  8. #e2ecf4
  9. #ecf2f8
  10. #f5f9fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9ebeda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9ebeda
  2. #9bb8d1
  3. #98b2c8
  4. #95abbf
  5. #92a5b6
  6. #8f9fad
  7. #8c99a4
  8. #89939b
  9. #868c92
  10. #838689
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.83:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b0bcc8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b3bedb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #abb7d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8dc5c7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #abbedb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a6bada ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #94c2cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9ebeda {
  color: #9ebeda;
}
Background
.bg-9ebeda {
  background-color: #9ebeda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9ebeda {
  border: 2px solid #9ebeda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9ebeda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 158 190 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 45% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9ebeda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9ebeda, #9ea0da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9ebeda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(158 190 218 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.18 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.69 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 7.44 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.53 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 7.68 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.88 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.21 #614125 Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#9ebeda  rgb(158, 190, 218)  hsl(208, 45%, 74%)  Light Steel Blue
#daba9e  rgb(218, 186, 158)  hsl(28, 45%, 74%)  Desert Sand
#da9ebe  rgb(218, 158, 190)  hsl(328, 45%, 74%)  Lilac
#beda9e  rgb(190, 218, 158)  hsl(88, 45%, 74%)  Granny Smith Apple