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#A9BDFF

#a9bdff ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a9bdff is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.27% red, 74.12% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 33.73% cyan, 25.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 226.05°, with 100% saturation and 83.14% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.41:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 7.48.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.5205

Complementary

  1. #a9bdff
  2. #ffeba9

Split complementary

  1. #a9bdff
  2. #ffc0a9
  3. #e8ffa9

Analogous

  1. #a9e8ff
  2. #a9bdff
  3. #c0a9ff

Triadic

  1. #a9bdff
  2. #ffa9bd
  3. #bdffa9

Tetradic

  1. #a9bdff
  2. #eba9ff
  3. #ffeba9
  4. #bdffa9

Square

  1. #a9bdff
  2. #ffa9e8
  3. #ffeba9
  4. #a9ffc0

Monochromatic

  1. #1048ff
  2. #5d82ff
  3. #a9bdff
  4. #ebefff
  5. #ebefff

Shades

#a9bdff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a9bdff
  2. #98aae6
  3. #8797cc
  4. #7684b3
  5. #657199
  6. #555f80
  7. #444c66
  8. #33394d
  9. #222633
  10. #11131a
  11. #000000

Tints

#a9bdff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a9bdff
  2. #b2c4ff
  3. #bacaff
  4. #c3d1ff
  5. #cbd7ff
  6. #d4deff
  7. #dde5ff
  8. #e5ebff
  9. #eef2ff
  10. #f6f8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a9bdff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a9bdff
  2. #a5b7f2
  3. #a1b1e6
  4. #9dabd9
  5. #99a5cc
  6. #959fc0
  7. #9098b3
  8. #8c92a6
  9. #888c99
  10. #84868d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7bedc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a8c3ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1bcfd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #90cad4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8c1ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a4bcfe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9bc5e6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a9bdff {
  color: #a9bdff;
}
Background
.bg-a9bdff {
  background-color: #a9bdff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a9bdff {
  border: 2px solid #a9bdff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a9bdff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 169 189 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 226 100% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a9bdff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a9bdff, #c0a9ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a9bdff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(169 189 255 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.48 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.15 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.36 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 11.52 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 12.11 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 12.68 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 12.76 #564200 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#a9bdff  rgb(169, 189, 255)  hsl(226, 100%, 83%)  Light Steel Blue
#ffeba9  rgb(255, 235, 169)  hsl(46, 100%, 83%)  Vanilla
#ffa9bd  rgb(255, 169, 189)  hsl(346, 100%, 83%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#bdffa9  rgb(189, 255, 169)  hsl(106, 100%, 83%)  Pale Green