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#A2C8EA

#a2c8ea ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a2c8ea is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.53% red, 78.43% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.77% cyan, 14.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 208.33°, with 63.16% saturation and 77.65% 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 11.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.83.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.5493

Complementary

  1. #a2c8ea
  2. #eac4a2

Split complementary

  1. #a2c8ea
  2. #eaa2a4
  3. #eae8a2

Analogous

  1. #a2eae8
  2. #a2c8ea
  3. #a2a4ea

Triadic

  1. #a2c8ea
  2. #eaa2c8
  3. #c8eaa2

Tetradic

  1. #a2c8ea
  2. #c4a2ea
  3. #eac4a2
  4. #c8eaa2

Square

  1. #a2c8ea
  2. #e8a2ea
  3. #eac4a2
  4. #a4eaa2

Monochromatic

  1. #2d7ec6
  2. #64a3dc
  3. #a2c8ea
  4. #e0edf8
  5. #eef5fb

Shades

#a2c8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a2c8ea
  2. #92b4d3
  3. #82a0bb
  4. #718ca4
  5. #61788c
  6. #516475
  7. #41505e
  8. #313c46
  9. #20282f
  10. #101417
  11. #000000

Tints

#a2c8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a2c8ea
  2. #abceec
  3. #b5d3ee
  4. #bed9f0
  5. #c7def2
  6. #d1e4f5
  7. #dae9f7
  8. #e3eff9
  9. #ecf4fb
  10. #f6fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a2c8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a2c8ea
  2. #9fc1df
  3. #9bbad5
  4. #98b2ca
  5. #94abc0
  6. #91a4b5
  7. #8e9daa
  8. #8a96a0
  9. #878e95
  10. #83878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7c5d4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bbc8ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b1c0e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8cd0d3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1c8eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #abc3ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #95cddd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a2c8ea {
  color: #a2c8ea;
}
Background
.bg-a2c8ea {
  background-color: #a2c8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a2c8ea {
  border: 2px solid #a2c8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a2c8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 162 200 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 63% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a2c8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a2c8ea, #a2a4ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a2c8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(162 200 234 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.83 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 5.70 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.16 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 6.64 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 6.75 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.11 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.53 #5d3715 Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#a2c8ea  rgb(162, 200, 234)  hsl(208, 63%, 78%)  Light Steel Blue
#eac4a2  rgb(234, 196, 162)  hsl(28, 63%, 78%)  Desert Sand
#eaa2c8  rgb(234, 162, 200)  hsl(328, 63%, 78%)  Carnation Pink
#c8eaa2  rgb(200, 234, 162)  hsl(88, 63%, 78%)  Tea Green