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#A2BEE2

#a2bee2 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a2bee2 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.53% red, 74.51% green and 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.32% cyan, 15.93% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 213.75°, with 52.46% saturation and 76.08% 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 11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 3.56.

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Relative luminance0.5

Complementary

  1. #a2bee2
  2. #e2c6a2

Split complementary

  1. #a2bee2
  2. #e2a6a2
  3. #dee2a2

Analogous

  1. #a2dee2
  2. #a2bee2
  3. #a6a2e2

Triadic

  1. #a2bee2
  2. #e2a2be
  3. #bee2a2

Tetradic

  1. #a2bee2
  2. #c6a2e2
  3. #e2c6a2
  4. #bee2a2

Square

  1. #a2bee2
  2. #e2a2de
  3. #e2c6a2
  4. #a2e2a6

Monochromatic

  1. #386eb3
  2. #6895d0
  3. #a2bee2
  4. #dce7f4
  5. #eff4fa

Shades

#a2bee2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a2bee2
  2. #92abcb
  3. #8298b5
  4. #71859e
  5. #617288
  6. #515f71
  7. #414c5a
  8. #313944
  9. #20262d
  10. #101317
  11. #000000

Tints

#a2bee2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a2bee2
  2. #abc5e5
  3. #b5cbe8
  4. #bed2eb
  5. #c7d8ee
  6. #d1dff1
  7. #dae5f3
  8. #e3ecf6
  9. #ecf2f9
  10. #f6f9fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a2bee2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a2bee2
  2. #9fb8d8
  3. #9bb2ce
  4. #98abc5
  5. #94a5bb
  6. #919fb1
  7. #8e99a7
  8. #8a939d
  9. #878c94
  10. #83868a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2bdcc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b1bfe4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aab9e1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #90c6ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #abbfe3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a7bbe2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #97c3d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a2bee2 {
  color: #a2bee2;
}
Background
.bg-a2bee2 {
  background-color: #a2bee2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a2bee2 {
  border: 2px solid #a2bee2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a2bee2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 162 190 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 214 52% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a2bee2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a2bee2, #a6a2e2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a2bee2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(162 190 226 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 3.56 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.06 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.17 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.14 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.32 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.39 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 9.65 #5d411d Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#a2bee2  rgb(162, 190, 226)  hsl(214, 52%, 76%)  Light Steel Blue
#e2c6a2  rgb(226, 198, 162)  hsl(34, 52%, 76%)  Tan
#e2a2be  rgb(226, 162, 190)  hsl(334, 52%, 76%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#bee2a2  rgb(190, 226, 162)  hsl(94, 52%, 76%)  Granny Smith Apple