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#9ABAED

#9abaed ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9abaed is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60.39% red, 72.94% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.02% cyan, 21.52% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 216.87°, with 69.75% saturation and 76.67% 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 10.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 6.61.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.481

Complementary

  1. #9abaed
  2. #edcd9a

Split complementary

  1. #9abaed
  2. #eda49a
  3. #e4ed9a

Analogous

  1. #9ae4ed
  2. #9abaed
  3. #a49aed

Triadic

  1. #9abaed
  2. #ed9aba
  3. #baed9a

Tetradic

  1. #9abaed
  2. #cd9aed
  3. #edcd9a
  4. #baed9a

Square

  1. #9abaed
  2. #ed9ae4
  3. #edcd9a
  4. #9aeda4

Monochromatic

  1. #2464ca
  2. #598ee1
  3. #9abaed
  4. #dbe6f9
  5. #eef3fc

Shades

#9abaed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9abaed
  2. #8ba7d5
  3. #7b95be
  4. #6c82a6
  5. #5c708e
  6. #4d5d77
  7. #3e4a5f
  8. #2e3847
  9. #1f252f
  10. #0f1318
  11. #000000

Tints

#9abaed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9abaed
  2. #a4c1ef
  3. #aec8f1
  4. #b8cff2
  5. #c2d6f4
  6. #cdddf6
  7. #d7e3f8
  8. #e1eafa
  9. #ebf1fb
  10. #f5f8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9abaed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9abaed
  2. #97b4e2
  3. #95aed7
  4. #92a9cc
  5. #90a3c1
  6. #8d9db7
  7. #8a97ac
  8. #8891a1
  9. #858c96
  10. #83868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #adb9d0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a8bdef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9fb5ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #80c5cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a3bcee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9db7ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8bc1da ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9abaed {
  color: #9abaed;
}
Background
.bg-9abaed {
  background-color: #9abaed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9abaed {
  border: 2px solid #9abaed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9abaed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 154 186 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 217 70% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9abaed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9abaed, #a49aed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9abaed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(154 186 237 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.61 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.63 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.65 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.02 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.79 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 11.03 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.18 #654512 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#9abaed  rgb(154, 186, 237)  hsl(217, 70%, 77%)  Light Steel Blue
#edcd9a  rgb(237, 205, 154)  hsl(37, 70%, 77%)  Sunset
#ed9aba  rgb(237, 154, 186)  hsl(337, 70%, 77%)  Carnation Pink
#baed9a  rgb(186, 237, 154)  hsl(97, 70%, 77%)  Granny Smith Apple