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#9EC2E5

#9ec2e5 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9ec2e5 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.96% red, 76.08% green and 89.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31% cyan, 15.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 209.58°, with 57.72% saturation and 75.88% 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 4.52.

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Relative luminance0.5151

Complementary

  1. #9ec2e5
  2. #e5c19e

Split complementary

  1. #9ec2e5
  2. #e59e9e
  3. #e5e49e

Analogous

  1. #9ee5e4
  2. #9ec2e5
  3. #9e9ee5

Triadic

  1. #9ec2e5
  2. #e59ec2
  3. #c2e59e

Tetradic

  1. #9ec2e5
  2. #c19ee5
  3. #e5c19e
  4. #c2e59e

Square

  1. #9ec2e5
  2. #e49ee5
  3. #e5c19e
  4. #9ee59e

Monochromatic

  1. #3176b9
  2. #629cd5
  3. #9ec2e5
  4. #dae8f5
  5. #eff5fb

Shades

#9ec2e5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9ec2e5
  2. #8eafce
  3. #7e9bb7
  4. #6f88a0
  5. #5f7489
  6. #4f6173
  7. #3f4e5c
  8. #2f3a45
  9. #20272e
  10. #101317
  11. #000000

Tints

#9ec2e5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9ec2e5
  2. #a8c8e8
  3. #b1ceea
  4. #bbd4ed
  5. #c5daef
  6. #cfe1f2
  7. #d8e7f5
  8. #e2edf7
  9. #ecf3fa
  10. #f5f9fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9ec2e5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9ec2e5
  2. #9bbbdb
  3. #98b5d1
  4. #95aec7
  5. #92a8bd
  6. #8fa1b3
  7. #8c9aa8
  8. #89949e
  9. #868d94
  10. #83878a
  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 #b2c0cf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5c2e7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #acbbe4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #88cacd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #acc2e6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a6bee5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #92c7d7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9ec2e5 {
  color: #9ec2e5;
}
Background
.bg-9ec2e5 {
  background-color: #9ec2e5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9ec2e5 {
  border: 2px solid #9ec2e5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9ec2e5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 158 194 229;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 58% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9ec2e5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9ec2e5, #9e9ee5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9ec2e5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(158 194 229 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.52 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 6.57 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.16 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.20 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.62 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.08 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.43 #613d1a Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#9ec2e5  rgb(158, 194, 229)  hsl(210, 58%, 76%)  Light Steel Blue
#e5c19e  rgb(229, 193, 158)  hsl(30, 58%, 76%)  Desert Sand
#e59ec2  rgb(229, 158, 194)  hsl(330, 58%, 76%)  Carnation Pink
#c2e59e  rgb(194, 229, 158)  hsl(90, 58%, 76%)  Granny Smith Apple