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#9DCAFE

#9dcafe ≈ Light Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#9dcafe is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.57% red, 79.22% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 38.19% cyan, 20.47% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 212.16°, with 97.98% saturation and 80.59% 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 12.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sky Blue (#87cefa), ΔE 6.13.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.5656

Complementary

  1. #9dcafe
  2. #fed19d

Split complementary

  1. #9dcafe
  2. #fea19d
  3. #fbfe9d

Analogous

  1. #9dfbfe
  2. #9dcafe
  3. #a19dfe

Triadic

  1. #9dcafe
  2. #fe9dca
  3. #cafe9d

Tetradic

  1. #9dcafe
  2. #d19dfe
  3. #fed19d
  4. #cafe9d

Square

  1. #9dcafe
  2. #fe9dfb
  3. #fed19d
  4. #9dfea1

Monochromatic

  1. #0678fc
  2. #51a1fd
  3. #9dcafe
  4. #e9f3ff
  5. #ebf4ff

Shades

#9dcafe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9dcafe
  2. #8db6e5
  3. #7ea2cb
  4. #6e8db2
  5. #5e7998
  6. #4f657f
  7. #3f5166
  8. #2f3d4c
  9. #1f2833
  10. #101419
  11. #000000

Tints

#9dcafe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9dcafe
  2. #a7cffe
  3. #b1d5fe
  4. #badafe
  5. #c4dffe
  6. #cee5ff
  7. #d8eaff
  8. #e2efff
  9. #ebf4ff
  10. #f5faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9dcafe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9dcafe
  2. #9ac3f1
  3. #97bbe5
  4. #94b4d8
  5. #91accc
  6. #8fa5bf
  7. #8c9eb2
  8. #8996a6
  9. #868f99
  10. #83878d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c6c6c6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7c8df ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6ccff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #abc2fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7cd6db ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #adcbff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a5c5fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8ad1ea ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9dcafe {
  color: #9dcafe;
}
Background
.bg-9dcafe {
  background-color: #9dcafe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9dcafe {
  border: 2px solid #9dcafe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9dcafe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 157 202 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 212 98% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9dcafe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9dcafe, #a19dfe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9dcafe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(157 202 254 / 0.35);
}

#87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 6.13 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.46 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.39 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.42 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.31 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.67 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 9.88 #623501 Inverted #c6c6c6 Grayscale 

Light Sky Blue
#9dcafe  rgb(157, 202, 254)  hsl(212, 98%, 81%)  Light Sky Blue
#fed19d  rgb(254, 209, 157)  hsl(32, 98%, 81%)  Peach Orange
#fe9dca  rgb(254, 157, 202)  hsl(332, 98%, 81%)  Carnation Pink
#cafe9d  rgb(202, 254, 157)  hsl(92, 98%, 81%)  Pale Green