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#9FC5FA

#9fc5fa ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9fc5fa is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 62.35% red, 77.25% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 36.4% cyan, 21.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 214.95°, with 90.1% saturation and 80.2% 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 11.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 6.71.

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Relative luminance0.5421

Complementary

  1. #9fc5fa
  2. #fad49f

Split complementary

  1. #9fc5fa
  2. #faa79f
  3. #f2fa9f

Analogous

  1. #9ff2fa
  2. #9fc5fa
  3. #a79ffa

Triadic

  1. #9fc5fa
  2. #fa9fc5
  3. #c5fa9f

Tetradic

  1. #9fc5fa
  2. #d49ffa
  3. #fad49f
  4. #c5fa9f

Square

  1. #9fc5fa
  2. #fa9ff2
  3. #fad49f
  4. #9ffaa7

Monochromatic

  1. #0e6df2
  2. #5699f6
  3. #9fc5fa
  4. #e8f1fe
  5. #ecf3fe

Shades

#9fc5fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9fc5fa
  2. #8fb1e1
  3. #7f9ec8
  4. #6f8aaf
  5. #5f7696
  6. #50637d
  7. #404f64
  8. #303b4b
  9. #202732
  10. #101419
  11. #000000

Tints

#9fc5fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9fc5fa
  2. #a9cbfb
  3. #b2d1fb
  4. #bcd6fc
  5. #c5dcfc
  6. #cfe2fd
  7. #d9e8fd
  8. #e2eefe
  9. #ecf3fe
  10. #f5f9ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9fc5fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9fc5fa
  2. #9cbeee
  3. #99b7e2
  4. #96b0d5
  5. #93a9c9
  6. #90a3bd
  7. #8c9cb1
  8. #8995a5
  9. #868e98
  10. #83878c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5c3db ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b2c7fc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a8bef9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #82d0d7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #abc6fb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a4c1f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8ecce6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9fc5fa {
  color: #9fc5fa;
}
Background
.bg-9fc5fa {
  background-color: #9fc5fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9fc5fa {
  border: 2px solid #9fc5fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9fc5fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 159 197 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 215 90% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9fc5fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9fc5fa, #a79ffa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9fc5fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(159 197 250 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.71 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.79 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.87 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.79 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.93 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.15 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.23 #603a05 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#9fc5fa  rgb(159, 197, 250)  hsl(215, 90%, 80%)  Light Steel Blue
#fad49f  rgb(250, 212, 159)  hsl(35, 90%, 80%)  Sunset
#fa9fc5  rgb(250, 159, 197)  hsl(335, 90%, 80%)  Carnation Pink
#c5fa9f  rgb(197, 250, 159)  hsl(95, 90%, 80%)  Pale Green