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#ACBEE2

#acbee2 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#acbee2 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.45% red, 74.51% green and 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.89% cyan, 15.93% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 220°, with 48.21% saturation and 78.04% 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 11.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 3.9.

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Relative luminance0.5109

Complementary

  1. #acbee2
  2. #e2d0ac

Split complementary

  1. #acbee2
  2. #e2b5ac
  3. #d9e2ac

Analogous

  1. #acd9e2
  2. #acbee2
  3. #b5ace2

Triadic

  1. #acbee2
  2. #e2acbe
  3. #bee2ac

Tetradic

  1. #acbee2
  2. #d0ace2
  3. #e2d0ac
  4. #bee2ac

Square

  1. #acbee2
  2. #e2acd9
  3. #e2d0ac
  4. #ace2b5

Monochromatic

  1. #3f67b6
  2. #7392ce
  3. #acbee2
  4. #e5eaf6
  5. #f0f3fa

Shades

#acbee2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #acbee2
  2. #9babcb
  3. #8a98b5
  4. #78859e
  5. #677288
  6. #565f71
  7. #454c5a
  8. #343944
  9. #22262d
  10. #111317
  11. #000000

Tints

#acbee2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #acbee2
  2. #b4c5e5
  3. #bdcbe8
  4. #c5d2eb
  5. #cdd8ee
  6. #d6dff1
  7. #dee5f3
  8. #e6ecf6
  9. #eef2f9
  10. #f7f9fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#acbee2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #acbee2
  2. #a8b8d8
  3. #a3b2ce
  4. #9fabc5
  5. #9aa5bb
  6. #969fb1
  7. #9299a7
  8. #8d939d
  9. #898c94
  10. #84868a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7becd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b3c0e4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aebbe1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9ec5ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0bfe3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #adbce1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a4c2d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-acbee2 {
  color: #acbee2;
}
Background
.bg-acbee2 {
  background-color: #acbee2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-acbee2 {
  border: 2px solid #acbee2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #acbee2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 190 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 220 48% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-acbee2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #acbee2, #b5ace2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-acbee2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 190 226 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 3.90 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 4.99 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.00 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.25 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 11.24 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 11.79 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 12.01 #53411d Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#acbee2  rgb(172, 190, 226)  hsl(220, 48%, 78%)  Light Steel Blue
#e2d0ac  rgb(226, 208, 172)  hsl(40, 48%, 78%)  Wheat
#e2acbe  rgb(226, 172, 190)  hsl(340, 48%, 78%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#bee2ac  rgb(190, 226, 172)  hsl(100, 48%, 78%)  Tea Green