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#96CDFD

#96cdfd ≈ Light Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#96cdfd is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 58.82% red, 80.39% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40.71% cyan, 18.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 207.96°, with 96.26% saturation and 79.02% 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 12.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sky Blue (#87cefa), ΔE 3.51.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.5724

Complementary

  1. #96cdfd
  2. #fdc696

Split complementary

  1. #96cdfd
  2. #fd969a
  3. #fdf996

Analogous

  1. #96fdf9
  2. #96cdfd
  3. #969afd

Triadic

  1. #96cdfd
  2. #fd96cd
  3. #cdfd96

Tetradic

  1. #96cdfd
  2. #c696fd
  3. #fdc696
  4. #cdfd96

Square

  1. #96cdfd
  2. #f996fd
  3. #fdc696
  4. #9afd96

Monochromatic

  1. #0585f5
  2. #4ba9fc
  3. #96cdfd
  4. #e1f1fe
  5. #ebf5ff

Shades

#96cdfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #96cdfd
  2. #87b9e4
  3. #78a4ca
  4. #6990b1
  5. #5a7b98
  6. #4b677f
  7. #3c5265
  8. #2d3e4c
  9. #1e2933
  10. #0f1519
  11. #000000

Tints

#96cdfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #96cdfd
  2. #a1d2fd
  3. #abd7fd
  4. #b6dcfe
  5. #c0e1fe
  6. #cbe6fe
  7. #d5ebfe
  8. #e0f0fe
  9. #eaf5ff
  10. #f5faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#96cdfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #96cdfd
  2. #94c5f1
  3. #92bee4
  4. #8fb6d8
  5. #8daecb
  6. #8ba7bf
  7. #899fb2
  8. #8797a6
  9. #848f99
  10. #82888d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c7c7c7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b6cadf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b9cdff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #acc2fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6fd8dd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #accdfe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a4c7fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #81d4ea ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-96cdfd {
  color: #96cdfd;
}
Background
.bg-96cdfd {
  background-color: #96cdfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-96cdfd {
  border: 2px solid #96cdfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #96cdfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 150 205 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 96% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-96cdfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #96cdfd, #969afd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-96cdfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(150 205 253 / 0.35);
}

#87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 3.51 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 4.70 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 6.02 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.36 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.46 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.92 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.99 #693202 Inverted #c7c7c7 Grayscale 

Light Sky Blue
#96cdfd  rgb(150, 205, 253)  hsl(208, 96%, 79%)  Light Sky Blue
#fdc696  rgb(253, 198, 150)  hsl(28, 96%, 79%)  Peach Orange
#fd96cd  rgb(253, 150, 205)  hsl(328, 96%, 79%)  Persian Pink
#cdfd96  rgb(205, 253, 150)  hsl(88, 96%, 79%)  Inchworm