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#B9D1FF

#b9d1ff ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b9d1ff is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 72.55% red, 81.96% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.45% cyan, 18.04% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 219.43°, with 100% saturation and 86.27% 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 13.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 6.14.

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Web safe#ccccff
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Relative luminance0.6314

Complementary

  1. #b9d1ff
  2. #ffe7b9

Split complementary

  1. #b9d1ff
  2. #ffc4b9
  3. #f4ffb9

Analogous

  1. #b9f4ff
  2. #b9d1ff
  3. #c4b9ff

Triadic

  1. #b9d1ff
  2. #ffb9d1
  3. #d1ffb9

Tetradic

  1. #b9d1ff
  2. #e7b9ff
  3. #ffe7b9
  4. #d1ffb9

Square

  1. #b9d1ff
  2. #ffb9f4
  3. #ffe7b9
  4. #b9ffc4

Monochromatic

  1. #206cff
  2. #6c9fff
  3. #b9d1ff
  4. #ebf2ff
  5. #ebf2ff

Shades

#b9d1ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b9d1ff
  2. #a7bce6
  3. #94a7cc
  4. #8292b3
  5. #6f7d99
  6. #5d6980
  7. #4a5466
  8. #383f4d
  9. #252a33
  10. #13151a
  11. #000000

Tints

#b9d1ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b9d1ff
  2. #c0d6ff
  3. #c7daff
  4. #cedfff
  5. #d5e3ff
  6. #dce8ff
  7. #e3edff
  8. #eaf1ff
  9. #f1f6ff
  10. #f8faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b9d1ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b9d1ff
  2. #b3c9f2
  3. #aec1e6
  4. #a8b9d9
  5. #a2b1cc
  6. #9da9c0
  7. #97a0b3
  8. #9198a6
  9. #8b9099
  10. #86888d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d0d0d0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c7d0e4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2d4ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bbcdfe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a6dae0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bfd3ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bacffe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aed7ed ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b9d1ff {
  color: #b9d1ff;
}
Background
.bg-b9d1ff {
  background-color: #b9d1ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b9d1ff {
  border: 2px solid #b9d1ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b9d1ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 185 209 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 100% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b9d1ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b9d1ff, #c4b9ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b9d1ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(185 209 255 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.14 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.26 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.88 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.09 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 10.32 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.20 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 11.93 #462e00 Inverted #d0d0d0 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#b9d1ff  rgb(185, 209, 255)  hsl(219, 100%, 86%)  Light Steel Blue
#ffe7b9  rgb(255, 231, 185)  hsl(39, 100%, 86%)  Peach
#ffb9d1  rgb(255, 185, 209)  hsl(339, 100%, 86%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#d1ffb9  rgb(209, 255, 185)  hsl(99, 100%, 86%)  Tea Green