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#9FCEFD

#9fcefd ≈ Light Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9fcefd is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 62.35% red, 80.78% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 37.15% cyan, 18.58% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 210°, with 95.92% saturation and 80.78% 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 12.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sky Blue (#87cefa), ΔE 5.05.

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Relative luminance0.5861

Complementary

  1. #9fcefd
  2. #fdce9f

Split complementary

  1. #9fcefd
  2. #fd9f9f
  3. #fdfd9f

Analogous

  1. #9ffdfd
  2. #9fcefd
  3. #9f9ffd

Triadic

  1. #9fcefd
  2. #fd9fce
  3. #cefd9f

Tetradic

  1. #9fcefd
  2. #ce9ffd
  3. #fdce9f
  4. #cefd9f

Square

  1. #9fcefd
  2. #fd9ffd
  3. #fdce9f
  4. #9ffd9f

Monochromatic

  1. #0981fa
  2. #54a8fb
  3. #9fcefd
  4. #eaf4ff
  5. #ebf5ff

Shades

#9fcefd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9fcefd
  2. #8fb9e4
  3. #7fa5ca
  4. #6f90b1
  5. #5f7c98
  6. #50677f
  7. #405265
  8. #303e4c
  9. #202933
  10. #101519
  11. #000000

Tints

#9fcefd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9fcefd
  2. #a9d3fd
  3. #b2d8fd
  4. #bcddfe
  5. #c5e2fe
  6. #cfe7fe
  7. #d9ebfe
  8. #e2f0fe
  9. #ecf5ff
  10. #f5faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9fcefd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9fcefd
  2. #9cc6f1
  3. #99bee4
  4. #96b7d8
  5. #93afcb
  6. #90a7bf
  7. #8c9fb2
  8. #8997a6
  9. #869099
  10. #83888d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c9c9c9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bacbe0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bccfff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b0c5fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7fd9de ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1cefe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aac9fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8dd5eb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9fcefd {
  color: #9fcefd;
}
Background
.bg-9fcefd {
  background-color: #9fcefd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9fcefd {
  border: 2px solid #9fcefd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9fcefd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 159 206 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 96% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9fcefd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9fcefd, #9f9ffd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9fcefd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(159 206 253 / 0.35);
}

#87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 5.05 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.22 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.18 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.35 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.37 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.45 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.65 #603102 Inverted #c9c9c9 Grayscale 

Light Sky Blue
#9fcefd  rgb(159, 206, 253)  hsl(210, 96%, 81%)  Light Sky Blue
#fdce9f  rgb(253, 206, 159)  hsl(30, 96%, 81%)  Peach Orange
#fd9fce  rgb(253, 159, 206)  hsl(330, 96%, 81%)  Carnation Pink
#cefd9f  rgb(206, 253, 159)  hsl(90, 96%, 81%)  Pale Green