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#A2BCFE

#a2bcfe ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a2bcfe is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.53% red, 73.73% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 36.22% cyan, 25.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 223.04°, with 97.87% saturation and 81.57% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 7.57.

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Relative luminance0.508

Complementary

  1. #a2bcfe
  2. #fee4a2

Split complementary

  1. #a2bcfe
  2. #feb6a2
  3. #eafea2

Analogous

  1. #a2eafe
  2. #a2bcfe
  3. #b6a2fe

Triadic

  1. #a2bcfe
  2. #fea2bc
  3. #bcfea2

Tetradic

  1. #a2bcfe
  2. #e4a2fe
  3. #fee4a2
  4. #bcfea2

Square

  1. #a2bcfe
  2. #fea2ea
  3. #fee4a2
  4. #a2feb6

Monochromatic

  1. #0b4ffc
  2. #5685fd
  3. #a2bcfe
  4. #ebf0ff
  5. #ebf0ff

Shades

#a2bcfe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a2bcfe
  2. #92a9e5
  3. #8296cb
  4. #7184b2
  5. #617198
  6. #515e7f
  7. #414b66
  8. #31384c
  9. #202633
  10. #101319
  11. #000000

Tints

#a2bcfe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a2bcfe
  2. #abc3fe
  3. #b5c9fe
  4. #bed0fe
  5. #c7d7fe
  6. #d1deff
  7. #dae4ff
  8. #e3ebff
  9. #ecf2ff
  10. #f6f8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a2bcfe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a2bcfe
  2. #9fb6f1
  3. #9bb0e5
  4. #98aad8
  5. #94a4cc
  6. #919ebf
  7. #8e98b2
  8. #8a92a6
  9. #878c99
  10. #83868d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3bdda ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a6c1ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9eb9fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #86c9d3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a4bfff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9fbafd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #92c4e5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a2bcfe {
  color: #a2bcfe;
}
Background
.bg-a2bcfe {
  background-color: #a2bcfe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a2bcfe {
  border: 2px solid #a2bcfe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a2bcfe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 162 188 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 98% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a2bcfe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a2bcfe, #b6a2fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a2bcfe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(162 188 254 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.57 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.56 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.83 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.84 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.16 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 11.53 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.57 #5d4301 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#a2bcfe  rgb(162, 188, 254)  hsl(223, 98%, 82%)  Light Steel Blue
#fee4a2  rgb(254, 228, 162)  hsl(43, 98%, 82%)  Vanilla
#fea2bc  rgb(254, 162, 188)  hsl(343, 98%, 82%)  Carnation Pink
#bcfea2  rgb(188, 254, 162)  hsl(103, 98%, 82%)  Pale Green