#9CB5EA — Blue

#9CB5EA is a blue in the Blue family. In practice it looks like a soft, dusty light cornflower blue, and it is also commonly known as Cornflower Blue, Periwinkle. Below are all of its color space values, an 11-step scale, harmony palettes and accessibility data.

#9CB5EA color swatch, blue#9CB5EA
CSS Namelightsteelblue (closest)

Tints and shades (50–950)

50#f3f5fa
100#e6eaf3
200#d1d9eb
300#b1c0e0
400#8da2cf
500#728ac0
600#6178ab
700#4e6492
800#40537b
900#364669
950#1e293f

Accessibility

Contrast on white
2.06:1
Contrast on black
10.21:1
  • AA (4.5:1) on whiteFail
  • AA Large (3:1) on whiteFail
  • AAA (7:1) on whiteFail
  • AAA Large (4.5:1) on whiteFail
  • UI components (3:1) on whiteFail

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Complementary palette

Analogous palette

Triadic palette

Copy-ready CSS

brand-scale.css
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.971 0.006 264.9); /* #f3f5fa */
  --brand-100: oklch(0.936 0.013 264.9); /* #e6eaf3 */
  --brand-200: oklch(0.885 0.026 264.9); /* #d1d9eb */
  --brand-300: oklch(0.808 0.048 264.9); /* #b1c0e0 */
  --brand-400: oklch(0.712 0.071 264.9); /* #8da2cf */
  --brand-500: oklch(0.637 0.085 264.9); /* #728ac0 */
  --brand-600: oklch(0.577 0.083 264.9); /* #6178ab */
  --brand-700: oklch(0.505 0.078 264.9); /* #4e6492 */
  --brand-800: oklch(0.444 0.07 264.9); /* #40537b */
  --brand-900: oklch(0.396 0.063 264.9); /* #364669 */
  --brand-950: oklch(0.281 0.044 264.9); /* #1e293f */
}

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