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#9FC4EC

#9fc4ec ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9fc4ec is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 62.35% red, 76.86% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.63% cyan, 16.95% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 211.17°, with 66.96% saturation and 77.45% 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 11.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.98.

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Relative luminance0.5291

Complementary

  1. #9fc4ec
  2. #ecc79f

Split complementary

  1. #9fc4ec
  2. #eca09f
  3. #eaec9f

Analogous

  1. #9feaec
  2. #9fc4ec
  3. #a09fec

Triadic

  1. #9fc4ec
  2. #ec9fc4
  3. #c4ec9f

Tetradic

  1. #9fc4ec
  2. #c79fec
  3. #ecc79f
  4. #c4ec9f

Square

  1. #9fc4ec
  2. #ec9fea
  3. #ecc79f
  4. #9feca0

Monochromatic

  1. #2876ca
  2. #5f9ddf
  3. #9fc4ec
  4. #dfebf9
  5. #eef5fc

Shades

#9fc4ec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9fc4ec
  2. #8fb0d4
  3. #7f9dbd
  4. #6f89a5
  5. #5f768e
  6. #506276
  7. #404e5e
  8. #303b47
  9. #20272f
  10. #101418
  11. #000000

Tints

#9fc4ec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9fc4ec
  2. #a9caee
  3. #b2d0f0
  4. #bcd6f2
  5. #c5dcf4
  6. #cfe2f6
  7. #d9e7f7
  8. #e2edf9
  9. #ecf3fb
  10. #f5f9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9fc4ec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9fc4ec
  2. #9cbde1
  3. #99b6d6
  4. #96b0cc
  5. #93a9c1
  6. #90a2b6
  7. #8c9bab
  8. #8994a0
  9. #868e96
  10. #83878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4c2d3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5c5ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #acbdeb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #87cdd1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #adc4ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a7c0ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #91c9dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9fc4ec {
  color: #9fc4ec;
}
Background
.bg-9fc4ec {
  background-color: #9fc4ec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9fc4ec {
  border: 2px solid #9fc4ec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9fc4ec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 159 196 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 211 67% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9fc4ec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9fc4ec, #a09fec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9fc4ec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(159 196 236 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.98 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 6.69 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.13 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.85 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.16 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.76 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.12 #603b13 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#9fc4ec  rgb(159, 196, 236)  hsl(211, 67%, 77%)  Light Steel Blue
#ecc79f  rgb(236, 199, 159)  hsl(31, 67%, 77%)  Light Apricot
#ec9fc4  rgb(236, 159, 196)  hsl(331, 67%, 77%)  Carnation Pink
#c4ec9f  rgb(196, 236, 159)  hsl(91, 67%, 77%)  Granny Smith Apple