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#a6bdfd ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a6bdfd is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.1% red, 74.12% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 34.39% cyan, 25.3% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 224.14°, with 95.6% saturation and 82.16% 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 11.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 7.36.

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Relative luminance0.5159

Complementary

  1. #a6bdfd
  2. #fde6a6

Split complementary

  1. #a6bdfd
  2. #fdbba6
  3. #e8fda6

Analogous

  1. #a6e8fd
  2. #a6bdfd
  3. #bba6fd

Triadic

  1. #a6bdfd
  2. #fda6bd
  3. #bdfda6

Tetradic

  1. #a6bdfd
  2. #e6a6fd
  3. #fde6a6
  4. #bdfda6

Square

  1. #a6bdfd
  2. #fda6e8
  3. #fde6a6
  4. #a6fdbb

Monochromatic

  1. #104efa
  2. #5b86fb
  3. #a6bdfd
  4. #ebf0ff
  5. #ebf0ff

Shades

#a6bdfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a6bdfd
  2. #95aae4
  3. #8597ca
  4. #7484b1
  5. #647198
  6. #535f7f
  7. #424c65
  8. #32394c
  9. #212633
  10. #111319
  11. #000000

Tints

#a6bdfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a6bdfd
  2. #afc4fd
  3. #b8cafd
  4. #c1d1fe
  5. #cad7fe
  6. #d3defe
  7. #dbe5fe
  8. #e4ebfe
  9. #edf2ff
  10. #f6f8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a6bdfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a6bdfd
  2. #a2b7f1
  3. #9eb1e4
  4. #9babd8
  5. #97a5cb
  6. #939fbf
  7. #8f98b2
  8. #8b92a6
  9. #888c99
  10. #84868d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5beda ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a8c2ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1bbfb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8ccad3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7c0ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a3bcfc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #97c5e5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a6bdfd {
  color: #a6bdfd;
}
Background
.bg-a6bdfd {
  background-color: #a6bdfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a6bdfd {
  border: 2px solid #a6bdfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a6bdfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 166 189 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 96% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a6bdfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a6bdfd, #bba6fd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a6bdfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(166 189 253 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.36 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.15 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.90 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 11.47 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.50 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.89 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 12.10 #594202 Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#a6bdfd  rgb(166, 189, 253)  hsl(224, 96%, 82%)  Light Steel Blue
#fde6a6  rgb(253, 230, 166)  hsl(44, 96%, 82%)  Vanilla
#fda6bd  rgb(253, 166, 189)  hsl(344, 96%, 82%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#bdfda6  rgb(189, 253, 166)  hsl(104, 96%, 82%)  Pale Green