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#9EC4E4

#9ec4e4 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9ec4e4 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.96% red, 76.86% green and 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.7% cyan, 14.04% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 207.43°, with 56.45% saturation and 75.69% 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 11.47:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.93.

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Relative luminance0.5235

Complementary

  1. #9ec4e4
  2. #e4be9e

Split complementary

  1. #9ec4e4
  2. #e49ea1
  3. #e4e19e

Analogous

  1. #9ee4e1
  2. #9ec4e4
  3. #9ea1e4

Triadic

  1. #9ec4e4
  2. #e49ec4
  3. #c4e49e

Tetradic

  1. #9ec4e4
  2. #be9ee4
  3. #e4be9e
  4. #c4e49e

Square

  1. #9ec4e4
  2. #e19ee4
  3. #e4be9e
  4. #a1e49e

Monochromatic

  1. #337ab6
  2. #62a0d3
  3. #9ec4e4
  4. #dae8f5
  5. #eff5fb

Shades

#9ec4e4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9ec4e4
  2. #8eb0cd
  3. #7e9db6
  4. #6f89a0
  5. #5f7689
  6. #4f6272
  7. #3f4e5b
  8. #2f3b44
  9. #20272e
  10. #101417
  11. #000000

Tints

#9ec4e4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9ec4e4
  2. #a8cae7
  3. #b1d0e9
  4. #bbd6ec
  5. #c5dcef
  6. #cfe2f2
  7. #d8e7f4
  8. #e2edf7
  9. #ecf3fa
  10. #f5f9fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9ec4e4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9ec4e4
  2. #9bbdda
  3. #98b6d0
  4. #95b0c6
  5. #92a9bc
  6. #8fa2b2
  7. #8c9ba8
  8. #89949e
  9. #868e94
  10. #83878a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3c1cf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7c4e6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aebce3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #89ccce ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aec4e5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a8bfe4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #92c9d7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9ec4e4 {
  color: #9ec4e4;
}
Background
.bg-9ec4e4 {
  background-color: #9ec4e4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9ec4e4 {
  border: 2px solid #9ec4e4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9ec4e4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 158 196 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 56% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9ec4e4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9ec4e4, #9ea1e4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9ec4e4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(158 196 228 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.93 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 5.79 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.45 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 6.47 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.92 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 7.02 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.23 #613b1b Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#9ec4e4  rgb(158, 196, 228)  hsl(207, 56%, 76%)  Light Steel Blue
#e4be9e  rgb(228, 190, 158)  hsl(27, 56%, 76%)  Desert Sand
#e49ec4  rgb(228, 158, 196)  hsl(327, 56%, 76%)  Carnation Pink
#c4e49e  rgb(196, 228, 158)  hsl(87, 56%, 76%)  Granny Smith Apple