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#aabdfd ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aabdfd is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 74.12% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.81% cyan, 25.3% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 226.27°, with 95.4% saturation and 82.94% 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 11.41:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 7.41.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.5203

Complementary

  1. #aabdfd
  2. #fdeaaa

Split complementary

  1. #aabdfd
  2. #fdc1aa
  3. #e6fdaa

Analogous

  1. #aae6fd
  2. #aabdfd
  3. #c1aafd

Triadic

  1. #aabdfd
  2. #fdaabd
  3. #bdfdaa

Tetradic

  1. #aabdfd
  2. #eaaafd
  3. #fdeaaa
  4. #bdfdaa

Square

  1. #aabdfd
  2. #fdaae6
  3. #fdeaaa
  4. #aafdc1

Monochromatic

  1. #1549f9
  2. #5f83fb
  3. #aabdfd
  4. #ebf0ff
  5. #ebf0ff

Shades

#aabdfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aabdfd
  2. #99aae4
  3. #8897ca
  4. #7784b1
  5. #667198
  6. #555f7f
  7. #444c65
  8. #33394c
  9. #222633
  10. #111319
  11. #000000

Tints

#aabdfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aabdfd
  2. #b3c4fd
  3. #bbcafd
  4. #c4d1fe
  5. #ccd7fe
  6. #d5defe
  7. #dde5fe
  8. #e6ebfe
  9. #eef2ff
  10. #f7f8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aabdfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aabdfd
  2. #a6b7f1
  3. #a2b1e4
  4. #9dabd8
  5. #99a5cb
  6. #959fbf
  7. #9198b2
  8. #8d92a6
  9. #888c99
  10. #84868d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7bedb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a9c3ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a2bcfb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #93c9d3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9c0ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a5bcfc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9dc5e5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aabdfd {
  color: #aabdfd;
}
Background
.bg-aabdfd {
  background-color: #aabdfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aabdfd {
  border: 2px solid #aabdfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aabdfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 189 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 226 95% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aabdfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aabdfd, #c1aafd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aabdfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 189 253 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.41 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.83 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.98 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 11.59 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 12.28 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 12.93 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 12.97 #554202 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#aabdfd  rgb(170, 189, 253)  hsl(226, 95%, 83%)  Light Steel Blue
#fdeaaa  rgb(253, 234, 170)  hsl(46, 95%, 83%)  Vanilla
#fdaabd  rgb(253, 170, 189)  hsl(346, 95%, 83%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#bdfdaa  rgb(189, 253, 170)  hsl(106, 95%, 83%)  Pale Green