#9CBDEE — Light Blue

#9CBDEE is a light 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.

#9CBDEE color swatch, light blue#9CBDEE
CSS Namelightsteelblue (closest)

Tints and shades (50–950)

50#f3f6f9
100#e5eaf2
200#cfdaea
300#aec2df
400#88a4cd
500#6c8dbe
600#5b7ba9
700#496690
800#3c5479
900#324767
950#1c2a3e

Accessibility

Contrast on white
1.92:1
Contrast on black
10.93:1
  • 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 0.006 258.1); /* #f3f6f9 */
  --brand-100: oklch(0.936 0.012 258.1); /* #e5eaf2 */
  --brand-200: oklch(0.885 0.026 258.1); /* #cfdaea */
  --brand-300: oklch(0.808 0.046 258.1); /* #aec2df */
  --brand-400: oklch(0.712 0.069 258.1); /* #88a4cd */
  --brand-500: oklch(0.637 0.083 258.1); /* #6c8dbe */
  --brand-600: oklch(0.577 0.081 258.1); /* #5b7ba9 */
  --brand-700: oklch(0.505 0.076 258.1); /* #496690 */
  --brand-800: oklch(0.444 0.068 258.1); /* #3c5479 */
  --brand-900: oklch(0.396 0.061 258.1); /* #324767 */
  --brand-950: oklch(0.281 0.043 258.1); /* #1c2a3e */
}

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