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#A4BEE2

#a4bee2 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a4bee2 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.31% red, 74.51% green and 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.43% cyan, 15.93% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 214.84°, with 51.67% saturation and 76.47% 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 11.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 3.39.

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Relative luminance0.5021

Complementary

  1. #a4bee2
  2. #e2c8a4

Split complementary

  1. #a4bee2
  2. #e2a9a4
  3. #dde2a4

Analogous

  1. #a4dde2
  2. #a4bee2
  3. #a9a4e2

Triadic

  1. #a4bee2
  2. #e2a4be
  3. #bee2a4

Tetradic

  1. #a4bee2
  2. #c8a4e2
  3. #e2c8a4
  4. #bee2a4

Square

  1. #a4bee2
  2. #e2a4dd
  3. #e2c8a4
  4. #a4e2a9

Monochromatic

  1. #396db4
  2. #6a95d0
  3. #a4bee2
  4. #dee7f4
  5. #f0f4fa

Shades

#a4bee2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a4bee2
  2. #94abcb
  3. #8398b5
  4. #73859e
  5. #627288
  6. #525f71
  7. #424c5a
  8. #313944
  9. #21262d
  10. #101317
  11. #000000

Tints

#a4bee2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a4bee2
  2. #adc5e5
  3. #b6cbe8
  4. #bfd2eb
  5. #c8d8ee
  6. #d2dff1
  7. #dbe5f3
  8. #e4ecf6
  9. #edf2f9
  10. #f6f9fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a4bee2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a4bee2
  2. #a0b8d8
  3. #9db2ce
  4. #99abc5
  5. #96a5bb
  6. #929fb1
  7. #8e99a7
  8. #8b939d
  9. #878c94
  10. #84868a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3bdcc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b2bfe4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #abb9e1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #93c6ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #acbfe3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a8bbe2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9ac3d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a4bee2 {
  color: #a4bee2;
}
Background
.bg-a4bee2 {
  background-color: #a4bee2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a4bee2 {
  border: 2px solid #a4bee2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a4bee2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 164 190 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 215 52% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a4bee2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a4bee2, #a9a4e2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a4bee2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(164 190 226 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 3.39 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.58 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.29 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.75 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.84 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 9.89 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.96 #5b411d Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#a4bee2  rgb(164, 190, 226)  hsl(215, 52%, 76%)  Light Steel Blue
#e2c8a4  rgb(226, 200, 164)  hsl(35, 52%, 76%)  Tan
#e2a4be  rgb(226, 164, 190)  hsl(335, 52%, 76%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#bee2a4  rgb(190, 226, 164)  hsl(95, 52%, 76%)  Granny Smith Apple