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#acbdfd ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#acbdfd is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.45% red, 74.12% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.02% cyan, 25.3% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 227.41°, with 95.29% saturation and 83.33% 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 11.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 7.47.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.5226

Complementary

  1. #acbdfd
  2. #fdecac

Split complementary

  1. #acbdfd
  2. #fdc3ac
  3. #e5fdac

Analogous

  1. #ace5fd
  2. #acbdfd
  3. #c3acfd

Triadic

  1. #acbdfd
  2. #fdacbd
  3. #bdfdac

Tetradic

  1. #acbdfd
  2. #ecacfd
  3. #fdecac
  4. #bdfdac

Square

  1. #acbdfd
  2. #fdace5
  3. #fdecac
  4. #acfdc3

Monochromatic

  1. #1746f9
  2. #6182fb
  3. #acbdfd
  4. #ebefff
  5. #ebefff

Shades

#acbdfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #acbdfd
  2. #9baae4
  3. #8a97ca
  4. #7884b1
  5. #677198
  6. #565f7f
  7. #454c65
  8. #34394c
  9. #222633
  10. #111319
  11. #000000

Tints

#acbdfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #acbdfd
  2. #b4c4fd
  3. #bdcafd
  4. #c5d1fe
  5. #cdd7fe
  6. #d6defe
  7. #dee5fe
  8. #e6ebfe
  9. #eef2ff
  10. #f7f8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#acbdfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #acbdfd
  2. #a8b7f1
  3. #a3b1e4
  4. #9fabd8
  5. #9aa5cb
  6. #969fbf
  7. #9298b2
  8. #8d92a6
  9. #898c99
  10. #84868d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8bedb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a9c3ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a3bcfb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #96c9d3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aac1ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a7bdfc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9fc5e5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-acbdfd {
  color: #acbdfd;
}
Background
.bg-acbdfd {
  background-color: #acbdfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-acbdfd {
  border: 2px solid #acbdfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #acbdfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 189 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 227 95% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-acbdfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #acbdfd, #c3acfd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-acbdfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 189 253 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.47 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.53 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.72 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 11.68 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 12.68 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 13.25 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 13.43 #534202 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#acbdfd  rgb(172, 189, 253)  hsl(227, 95%, 83%)  Light Steel Blue
#fdecac  rgb(253, 236, 172)  hsl(47, 95%, 83%)  Vanilla
#fdacbd  rgb(253, 172, 189)  hsl(347, 95%, 83%)  Cherry Blossom Pink
#bdfdac  rgb(189, 253, 172)  hsl(107, 95%, 83%)  Pale Green