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#C9EBFA

#c9ebfa ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#c9ebfa is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.82% red, 92.16% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.6% cyan, 6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 198.37°, with 83.05% saturation and 88.43% 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 16.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 4.25.

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Relative luminance0.7874

Complementary

  1. #c9ebfa
  2. #fad8c9

Split complementary

  1. #c9ebfa
  2. #fac9d2
  3. #faf1c9

Analogous

  1. #c9faf1
  2. #c9ebfa
  3. #c9d2fa

Triadic

  1. #c9ebfa
  2. #fac9eb
  3. #ebfac9

Tetradic

  1. #c9ebfa
  2. #d8c9fa
  3. #fad8c9
  4. #ebfac9

Square

  1. #c9ebfa
  2. #f1c9fa
  3. #fad8c9
  4. #d2fac9

Monochromatic

  1. #3db7ed
  2. #83d1f4
  3. #c9ebfa
  4. #ecf8fd
  5. #ecf8fd

Shades

#c9ebfa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c9ebfa
  2. #b5d4e1
  3. #a1bcc8
  4. #8da5af
  5. #798d96
  6. #65767d
  7. #505e64
  8. #3c474b
  9. #282f32
  10. #141819
  11. #000000

Tints

#c9ebfa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c9ebfa
  2. #ceedfb
  3. #d4effb
  4. #d9f1fc
  5. #dff3fc
  6. #e4f5fd
  7. #e9f7fd
  8. #eff9fe
  9. #f4fbfe
  10. #fafdff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c9ebfa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c9ebfa
  2. #c2e0ee
  3. #bad6e2
  4. #b3cbd5
  5. #acc0c9
  6. #a5b6bd
  7. #9dabb1
  8. #96a0a5
  9. #8f9598
  10. #878b8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e5e5e5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #dbe8ee ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e3e9fb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dbe3fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bbf0f0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #d9eafb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d4e6fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c1eef4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c9ebfa {
  color: #c9ebfa;
}
Background
.bg-c9ebfa {
  background-color: #c9ebfa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c9ebfa {
  border: 2px solid #c9ebfa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c9ebfa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 201 235 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 83% 88%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c9ebfa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c9ebfa, #c9d2fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c9ebfa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(201 235 250 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 4.25 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 5.37 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.09 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 6.59 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 6.92 #e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 7.54 #f0ffff Azure ΔE 8.68 #361405 Inverted #e5e5e5 Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#c9ebfa  rgb(201, 235, 250)  hsl(198, 83%, 88%)  Columbia Blue
#fad8c9  rgb(250, 216, 201)  hsl(18, 83%, 88%)  Unbleached Silk
#fac9eb  rgb(250, 201, 235)  hsl(318, 83%, 88%)  Thistle
#ebfac9  rgb(235, 250, 201)  hsl(78, 83%, 88%)  Light Goldenrod Yellow