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#9EBEFD

#9ebefd ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9ebefd is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.96% red, 74.51% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 37.55% cyan, 24.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 219.79°, with 95.96% saturation and 80.59% 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 11.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 7.5.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.5119

Complementary

  1. #9ebefd
  2. #fddd9e

Split complementary

  1. #9ebefd
  2. #fdae9e
  3. #eefd9e

Analogous

  1. #9eeefd
  2. #9ebefd
  3. #ae9efd

Triadic

  1. #9ebefd
  2. #fd9ebe
  3. #befd9e

Tetradic

  1. #9ebefd
  2. #dd9efd
  3. #fddd9e
  4. #befd9e

Square

  1. #9ebefd
  2. #fd9eee
  3. #fddd9e
  4. #9efdae

Monochromatic

  1. #085afa
  2. #538cfb
  3. #9ebefd
  4. #e9f0ff
  5. #ebf2ff

Shades

#9ebefd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9ebefd
  2. #8eabe4
  3. #7e98ca
  4. #6f85b1
  5. #5f7298
  6. #4f5f7f
  7. #3f4c65
  8. #2f394c
  9. #202633
  10. #101319
  11. #000000

Tints

#9ebefd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9ebefd
  2. #a8c5fd
  3. #b1cbfd
  4. #bbd2fe
  5. #c5d8fe
  6. #cfdffe
  7. #d8e5fe
  8. #e2ecfe
  9. #ecf2ff
  10. #f5f9ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9ebefd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9ebefd
  2. #9bb8f1
  3. #98b2e4
  4. #95abd8
  5. #92a5cb
  6. #8f9fbf
  7. #8c99b2
  8. #8993a6
  9. #868c99
  10. #83868d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2beda ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a8c2ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9fbafc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #80cbd4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a4c1ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ebbfc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8dc6e5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9ebefd {
  color: #9ebefd;
}
Background
.bg-9ebefd {
  background-color: #9ebefd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9ebefd {
  border: 2px solid #9ebefd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9ebefd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 158 190 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 220 96% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9ebefd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9ebefd, #ae9efd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9ebefd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(158 190 253 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.50 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.18 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.63 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.12 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.18 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.82 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 11.25 #614102 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#9ebefd  rgb(158, 190, 253)  hsl(220, 96%, 81%)  Light Steel Blue
#fddd9e  rgb(253, 221, 158)  hsl(40, 96%, 81%)  Navajo White
#fd9ebe  rgb(253, 158, 190)  hsl(340, 96%, 81%)  Carnation Pink
#befd9e  rgb(190, 253, 158)  hsl(100, 96%, 81%)  Pale Green