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#9ABDFD

#9abdfd ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9abdfd is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 60.39% red, 74.12% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 39.13% cyan, 25.3% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 218.79°, with 96.12% saturation and 79.8% 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 11.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 7.82.

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Relative luminance0.5036

Complementary

  1. #9abdfd
  2. #fdda9a

Split complementary

  1. #9abdfd
  2. #fda89a
  3. #eefd9a

Analogous

  1. #9aeefd
  2. #9abdfd
  3. #a89afd

Triadic

  1. #9abdfd
  2. #fd9abd
  3. #bdfd9a

Tetradic

  1. #9abdfd
  2. #da9afd
  3. #fdda9a
  4. #bdfd9a

Square

  1. #9abdfd
  2. #fd9aee
  3. #fdda9a
  4. #9afda8

Monochromatic

  1. #055bf9
  2. #4f8cfc
  3. #9abdfd
  4. #e5eefe
  5. #ebf2ff

Shades

#9abdfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9abdfd
  2. #8baae4
  3. #7b97ca
  4. #6c84b1
  5. #5c7198
  6. #4d5f7f
  7. #3e4c65
  8. #2e394c
  9. #1f2633
  10. #0f1319
  11. #000000

Tints

#9abdfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9abdfd
  2. #a4c4fd
  3. #aecafd
  4. #b8d1fe
  5. #c2d7fe
  6. #cddefe
  7. #d7e5fe
  8. #e1ebfe
  9. #ebf2ff
  10. #f5f8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9abdfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9abdfd
  2. #97b7f1
  3. #95b1e4
  4. #92abd8
  5. #90a5cb
  6. #8d9fbf
  7. #8a98b2
  8. #8892a6
  9. #858c99
  10. #83868d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afbcd9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a6c1ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9cb8fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #79cad3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a2c0ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9bbafc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #87c5e5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9abdfd {
  color: #9abdfd;
}
Background
.bg-9abdfd {
  background-color: #9abdfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9abdfd {
  border: 2px solid #9abdfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9abdfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 154 189 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 96% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9abdfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9abdfd, #a89afd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9abdfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(154 189 253 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.82 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.96 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.53 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.57 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.75 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 11.42 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.65 #654202 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#9abdfd  rgb(154, 189, 253)  hsl(219, 96%, 80%)  Light Steel Blue
#fdda9a  rgb(253, 218, 154)  hsl(39, 96%, 80%)  Navajo White
#fd9abd  rgb(253, 154, 189)  hsl(339, 96%, 80%)  Carnation Pink
#bdfd9a  rgb(189, 253, 154)  hsl(99, 96%, 80%)  Pale Green