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#9FBFDE

#9fbfde ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#9fbfde is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 62.35% red, 74.9% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.38% cyan, 13.96% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 209.52°, with 48.84% saturation and 74.71% 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 10.98:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 3.83.

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Relative luminance0.4991

Complementary

  1. #9fbfde
  2. #debe9f

Split complementary

  1. #9fbfde
  2. #de9fa0
  3. #dede9f

Analogous

  1. #9fdede
  2. #9fbfde
  3. #9fa0de

Triadic

  1. #9fbfde
  2. #de9fbf
  3. #bfde9f

Tetradic

  1. #9fbfde
  2. #be9fde
  3. #debe9f
  4. #bfde9f

Square

  1. #9fbfde
  2. #de9fde
  3. #debe9f
  4. #a0de9f

Monochromatic

  1. #3a73aa
  2. #6699ca
  3. #9fbfde
  4. #d8e5f2
  5. #f0f5fa

Shades

#9fbfde mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9fbfde
  2. #8facc8
  3. #7f99b2
  4. #6f869b
  5. #5f7385
  6. #50606f
  7. #404c59
  8. #303943
  9. #20262c
  10. #101316
  11. #000000

Tints

#9fbfde mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9fbfde
  2. #a9c5e1
  3. #b2cce5
  4. #bcd2e8
  5. #c5d9eb
  6. #cfdfef
  7. #d9e5f2
  8. #e2ecf5
  9. #ecf2f8
  10. #f5f9fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9fbfde mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9fbfde
  2. #9cb9d5
  3. #99b2cb
  4. #96acc2
  5. #93a6b8
  6. #90a0af
  7. #8c99a6
  8. #89939c
  9. #868d93
  10. #838689
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.98:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b1bdca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b3bfe0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #abb8dd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8dc6c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #abbfdf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a7bbde ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #94c3d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9fbfde {
  color: #9fbfde;
}
Background
.bg-9fbfde {
  background-color: #9fbfde;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9fbfde {
  border: 2px solid #9fbfde;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9fbfde;
  --color-primary-rgb: 159 191 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 49% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9fbfde {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9fbfde, #9fa0de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9fbfde {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(159 191 222 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 3.83 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.94 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.53 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.04 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.08 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.21 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 8.35 #604021 Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#9fbfde  rgb(159, 191, 222)  hsl(210, 49%, 75%)  Light Steel Blue
#debe9f  rgb(222, 190, 159)  hsl(30, 49%, 75%)  Desert Sand
#de9fbf  rgb(222, 159, 191)  hsl(330, 49%, 75%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#bfde9f  rgb(191, 222, 159)  hsl(90, 49%, 75%)  Granny Smith Apple