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#9FC0DE

#9fc0de ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#9fc0de is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 62.35% red, 75.29% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.38% cyan, 13.51% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 208.57°, 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 11.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.02.

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Relative luminance0.5034

Complementary

  1. #9fc0de
  2. #debd9f

Split complementary

  1. #9fc0de
  2. #de9fa1
  3. #dedd9f

Analogous

  1. #9fdedd
  2. #9fc0de
  3. #9fa1de

Triadic

  1. #9fc0de
  2. #de9fc0
  3. #c0de9f

Tetradic

  1. #9fc0de
  2. #bd9fde
  3. #debd9f
  4. #c0de9f

Square

  1. #9fc0de
  2. #dd9fde
  3. #debd9f
  4. #a1de9f

Monochromatic

  1. #3a75aa
  2. #669bca
  3. #9fc0de
  4. #d8e5f2
  5. #f0f5fa

Shades

#9fc0de mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9fc0de
  2. #8fadc8
  3. #7f9ab2
  4. #6f869b
  5. #5f7385
  6. #50606f
  7. #404d59
  8. #303a43
  9. #20262c
  10. #101316
  11. #000000

Tints

#9fc0de mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9fc0de
  2. #a9c6e1
  3. #b2cde5
  4. #bcd3e8
  5. #c5d9eb
  6. #cfe0ef
  7. #d9e6f2
  8. #e2ecf5
  9. #ecf2f8
  10. #f5f9fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9fc0de mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9fc0de
  2. #9cbad5
  3. #99b3cb
  4. #96adc2
  5. #93a6b8
  6. #90a0af
  7. #8c9aa6
  8. #89939c
  9. #868d93
  10. #838689
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b1becb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b4c0e0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #acb9dd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8cc7ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #acc0df ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a7bcde ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #94c4d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9fc0de {
  color: #9fc0de;
}
Background
.bg-9fc0de {
  background-color: #9fc0de;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9fc0de {
  border: 2px solid #9fc0de;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9fc0de;
  --color-primary-rgb: 159 192 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 49% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9fc0de {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9fc0de, #9fa1de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9fc0de {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(159 192 222 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.02 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.60 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.16 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 7.58 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.71 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.90 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 7.90 #603f21 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#9fc0de  rgb(159, 192, 222)  hsl(209, 49%, 75%)  Light Steel Blue
#debd9f  rgb(222, 189, 159)  hsl(29, 49%, 75%)  Desert Sand
#de9fc0  rgb(222, 159, 192)  hsl(329, 49%, 75%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#c0de9f  rgb(192, 222, 159)  hsl(89, 49%, 75%)  Granny Smith Apple