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#9EBFFB

#9ebffb ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9ebffb is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.96% red, 74.9% green and 98.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 37.05% cyan, 23.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 218.71°, with 92.08% saturation and 80.2% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 7.26.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.515

Complementary

  1. #9ebffb
  2. #fbda9e

Split complementary

  1. #9ebffb
  2. #fbac9e
  3. #eefb9e

Analogous

  1. #9eeefb
  2. #9ebffb
  3. #ac9efb

Triadic

  1. #9ebffb
  2. #fb9ebf
  3. #bffb9e

Tetradic

  1. #9ebffb
  2. #da9efb
  3. #fbda9e
  4. #bffb9e

Square

  1. #9ebffb
  2. #fb9eee
  3. #fbda9e
  4. #9efbac

Monochromatic

  1. #0b5ef5
  2. #558ff8
  3. #9ebffb
  4. #e7effe
  5. #ebf2fe

Shades

#9ebffb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9ebffb
  2. #8eace2
  3. #7e99c9
  4. #6f86b0
  5. #5f7397
  6. #4f607e
  7. #3f4c64
  8. #2f394b
  9. #202632
  10. #101319
  11. #000000

Tints

#9ebffb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9ebffb
  2. #a8c5fb
  3. #b1ccfc
  4. #bbd2fc
  5. #c5d9fd
  6. #cfdffd
  7. #d8e5fd
  8. #e2ecfe
  9. #ecf2fe
  10. #f5f9ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9ebffb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9ebffb
  2. #9bb9ef
  3. #98b2e2
  4. #95acd6
  5. #92a6ca
  6. #8fa0be
  7. #8c99b1
  8. #8993a5
  9. #868d99
  10. #83868c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2bed9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aac3fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1bafa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #80ccd4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a5c1fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a0bcfa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8dc7e4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9ebffb {
  color: #9ebffb;
}
Background
.bg-9ebffb {
  background-color: #9ebffb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9ebffb {
  border: 2px solid #9ebffb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9ebffb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 158 191 251;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 92% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9ebffb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9ebffb, #ac9efb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9ebffb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(158 191 251 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.26 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.15 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.25 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.76 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.03 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.86 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 11.02 #614004 Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#9ebffb  rgb(158, 191, 251)  hsl(219, 92%, 80%)  Light Steel Blue
#fbda9e  rgb(251, 218, 158)  hsl(39, 92%, 80%)  Navajo White
#fb9ebf  rgb(251, 158, 191)  hsl(339, 92%, 80%)  Carnation Pink
#bffb9e  rgb(191, 251, 158)  hsl(99, 92%, 80%)  Pale Green