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#ABC2EA

#abc2ea ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#abc2ea is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 76.08% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.92% cyan, 17.09% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 218.1°, with 60% saturation and 79.41% 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 11.64:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.

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Relative luminance0.5318

Complementary

  1. #abc2ea
  2. #ead3ab

Split complementary

  1. #abc2ea
  2. #eab3ab
  3. #e1eaab

Analogous

  1. #abe1ea
  2. #abc2ea
  3. #b3abea

Triadic

  1. #abc2ea
  2. #eaabc2
  3. #c2eaab

Tetradic

  1. #abc2ea
  2. #d3abea
  3. #ead3ab
  4. #c2eaab

Square

  1. #abc2ea
  2. #eaabe1
  3. #ead3ab
  4. #abeab3

Monochromatic

  1. #326aca
  2. #6e96db
  3. #abc2ea
  4. #e8eef9
  5. #eff3fb

Shades

#abc2ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #abc2ea
  2. #9aafd3
  3. #899bbb
  4. #7888a4
  5. #67748c
  6. #566175
  7. #444e5e
  8. #333a46
  9. #22272f
  10. #111317
  11. #000000

Tints

#abc2ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #abc2ea
  2. #b3c8ec
  3. #bcceee
  4. #c4d4f0
  5. #cddaf2
  6. #d5e1f5
  7. #dde7f7
  8. #e6edf9
  9. #eef3fb
  10. #f7f9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#abc2ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #abc2ea
  2. #a7bbdf
  3. #a2b5d5
  4. #9eaeca
  5. #9aa8c0
  6. #96a1b5
  7. #919aaa
  8. #8d94a0
  9. #898d95
  10. #84878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.64:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8c1d3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5c4ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #afbee9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9acacf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1c3eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #adc0e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a1c7da ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-abc2ea {
  color: #abc2ea;
}
Background
.bg-abc2ea {
  background-color: #abc2ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-abc2ea {
  border: 2px solid #abc2ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #abc2ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 194 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 218 60% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-abc2ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abc2ea, #b3abea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-abc2ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 194 234 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.00 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.61 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.30 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.84 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 10.56 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.89 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.29 #543d15 Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#abc2ea  rgb(171, 194, 234)  hsl(218, 60%, 79%)  Light Steel Blue
#ead3ab  rgb(234, 211, 171)  hsl(38, 60%, 79%)  Wheat
#eaabc2  rgb(234, 171, 194)  hsl(338, 60%, 79%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#c2eaab  rgb(194, 234, 171)  hsl(98, 60%, 79%)  Tea Green