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#ABBEE2

#abbee2 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#abbee2 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 74.51% green and 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.34% cyan, 15.93% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 219.27°, with 48.67% saturation and 77.84% 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 11.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 3.72.

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Relative luminance0.5098

Complementary

  1. #abbee2
  2. #e2cfab

Split complementary

  1. #abbee2
  2. #e2b3ab
  3. #d9e2ab

Analogous

  1. #abd9e2
  2. #abbee2
  3. #b3abe2

Triadic

  1. #abbee2
  2. #e2abbe
  3. #bee2ab

Tetradic

  1. #abbee2
  2. #cfabe2
  3. #e2cfab
  4. #bee2ab

Square

  1. #abbee2
  2. #e2abd9
  3. #e2cfab
  4. #abe2b3

Monochromatic

  1. #3f68b5
  2. #7292ce
  3. #abbee2
  4. #e4eaf6
  5. #f0f3fa

Shades

#abbee2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #abbee2
  2. #9aabcb
  3. #8998b5
  4. #78859e
  5. #677288
  6. #565f71
  7. #444c5a
  8. #333944
  9. #22262d
  10. #111317
  11. #000000

Tints

#abbee2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #abbee2
  2. #b3c5e5
  3. #bccbe8
  4. #c4d2eb
  5. #cdd8ee
  6. #d5dff1
  7. #dde5f3
  8. #e6ecf6
  9. #eef2f9
  10. #f7f9fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#abbee2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #abbee2
  2. #a7b8d8
  3. #a2b2ce
  4. #9eabc5
  5. #9aa5bb
  6. #969fb1
  7. #9199a7
  8. #8d939d
  9. #898c94
  10. #84868a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b6bdcd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b3c0e4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #adbbe1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9dc5ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0bfe3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #acbce1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a3c2d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-abbee2 {
  color: #abbee2;
}
Background
.bg-abbee2 {
  background-color: #abbee2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-abbee2 {
  border: 2px solid #abbee2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #abbee2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 190 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 49% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-abbee2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abbee2, #b3abe2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-abbee2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 190 226 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 3.72 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.14 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.26 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.09 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 11.04 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 11.61 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.71 #54411d Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#abbee2  rgb(171, 190, 226)  hsl(219, 49%, 78%)  Light Steel Blue
#e2cfab  rgb(226, 207, 171)  hsl(39, 49%, 78%)  Wheat
#e2abbe  rgb(226, 171, 190)  hsl(339, 49%, 78%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#bee2ab  rgb(190, 226, 171)  hsl(99, 49%, 78%)  Tea Green