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#A9D4FA

#a9d4fa ≈ Light Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a9d4fa is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.27% red, 83.14% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.4% cyan, 15.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 208.15°, with 89.01% saturation and 82.16% 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 13.48:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sky Blue (#87cefa), ΔE 5.29.

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Relative luminance0.6242

Complementary

  1. #a9d4fa
  2. #facfa9

Split complementary

  1. #a9d4fa
  2. #faa9ac
  3. #faf8a9

Analogous

  1. #a9faf8
  2. #a9d4fa
  3. #a9acfa

Triadic

  1. #a9d4fa
  2. #faa9d4
  3. #d4faa9

Tetradic

  1. #a9d4fa
  2. #cfa9fa
  3. #facfa9
  4. #d4faa9

Square

  1. #a9d4fa
  2. #f8a9fa
  3. #facfa9
  4. #acfaa9

Monochromatic

  1. #188cf2
  2. #61b0f6
  3. #a9d4fa
  4. #ecf5fe
  5. #ecf5fe

Shades

#a9d4fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a9d4fa
  2. #98bfe1
  3. #87aac8
  4. #7694af
  5. #657f96
  6. #556a7d
  7. #445564
  8. #33404b
  9. #222a32
  10. #111519
  11. #000000

Tints

#a9d4fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a9d4fa
  2. #b2d8fb
  3. #baddfb
  4. #c3e1fc
  5. #cbe5fc
  6. #d4eafd
  7. #ddeefd
  8. #e5f2fe
  9. #eef6fe
  10. #f6fbff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a9d4fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a9d4fa
  2. #a5ccee
  3. #a1c3e2
  4. #9dbbd5
  5. #99b2c9
  6. #95aabd
  7. #90a2b1
  8. #8c99a5
  9. #889198
  10. #84888c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cfcfcf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c1d1e2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c5d4fc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bbcbf9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8fdde0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bad4fb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b4cffa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9ad9eb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a9d4fa {
  color: #a9d4fa;
}
Background
.bg-a9d4fa {
  background-color: #a9d4fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a9d4fa {
  border: 2px solid #a9d4fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a9d4fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 169 212 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 89% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a9d4fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a9d4fa, #a9acfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a9d4fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(169 212 250 / 0.35);
}

#87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 5.29 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.29 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 6.30 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 6.52 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.72 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.63 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.68 #562b05 Inverted #cfcfcf Grayscale 

Light Sky Blue
#a9d4fa  rgb(169, 212, 250)  hsl(208, 89%, 82%)  Light Sky Blue
#facfa9  rgb(250, 207, 169)  hsl(28, 89%, 82%)  Light Apricot
#faa9d4  rgb(250, 169, 212)  hsl(328, 89%, 82%)  Carnation Pink
#d4faa9  rgb(212, 250, 169)  hsl(88, 89%, 82%)  Tea Green