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#96BEE2

#96bee2 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#96bee2 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 58.82% red, 74.51% green and 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 33.63% cyan, 15.93% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 208.42°, with 56.72% saturation and 73.73% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 5.74.

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Relative luminance0.488

Complementary

  1. #96bee2
  2. #e2ba96

Split complementary

  1. #96bee2
  2. #e29698
  3. #e2e096

Analogous

  1. #96e2e0
  2. #96bee2
  3. #9698e2

Triadic

  1. #96bee2
  2. #e296be
  3. #bee296

Tetradic

  1. #96bee2
  2. #ba96e2
  3. #e2ba96
  4. #bee296

Square

  1. #96bee2
  2. #e096e2
  3. #e2ba96
  4. #98e296

Monochromatic

  1. #3073af
  2. #5a99d1
  3. #96bee2
  4. #d2e3f3
  5. #eff5fb

Shades

#96bee2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #96bee2
  2. #87abcb
  3. #7898b5
  4. #69859e
  5. #5a7288
  6. #4b5f71
  7. #3c4c5a
  8. #2d3944
  9. #1e262d
  10. #0f1317
  11. #000000

Tints

#96bee2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #96bee2
  2. #a1c5e5
  3. #abcbe8
  4. #b6d2eb
  5. #c0d8ee
  6. #cbdff1
  7. #d5e5f3
  8. #e0ecf6
  9. #eaf2f9
  10. #f5f9fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#96bee2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #96bee2
  2. #94b8d8
  3. #92b2ce
  4. #8fabc5
  5. #8da5bb
  6. #8b9fb1
  7. #8999a7
  8. #87939d
  9. #848c94
  10. #82868a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #acbbcb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b0bee4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a6b6e1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7ec6ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a6bee3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a0b9e2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #88c3d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-96bee2 {
  color: #96bee2;
}
Background
.bg-96bee2 {
  background-color: #96bee2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-96bee2 {
  border: 2px solid #96bee2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #96bee2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 150 190 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 57% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-96bee2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #96bee2, #9698e2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-96bee2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(150 190 226 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.74 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.19 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 6.19 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.27 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.54 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.03 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.28 #69411d Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#96bee2  rgb(150, 190, 226)  hsl(208, 57%, 74%)  Light Steel Blue
#e2ba96  rgb(226, 186, 150)  hsl(28, 57%, 74%)  Burly Wood
#e296be  rgb(226, 150, 190)  hsl(328, 57%, 74%)  Carnation Pink
#bee296  rgb(190, 226, 150)  hsl(88, 57%, 74%)  Granny Smith Apple