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#ADBEE2

#adbee2 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#adbee2 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 74.51% green and 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.45% cyan, 15.93% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 220.75°, with 47.75% saturation and 78.24% 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 11.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.09.

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Relative luminance0.512

Complementary

  1. #adbee2
  2. #e2d1ad

Split complementary

  1. #adbee2
  2. #e2b7ad
  3. #d9e2ad

Analogous

  1. #add9e2
  2. #adbee2
  3. #b7ade2

Triadic

  1. #adbee2
  2. #e2adbe
  3. #bee2ad

Tetradic

  1. #adbee2
  2. #d1ade2
  3. #e2d1ad
  4. #bee2ad

Square

  1. #adbee2
  2. #e2add9
  3. #e2d1ad
  4. #ade2b7

Monochromatic

  1. #4066b6
  2. #7591ce
  3. #adbee2
  4. #e6ebf6
  5. #f0f3fa

Shades

#adbee2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #adbee2
  2. #9cabcb
  3. #8a98b5
  4. #79859e
  5. #687288
  6. #575f71
  7. #454c5a
  8. #343944
  9. #23262d
  10. #111317
  11. #000000

Tints

#adbee2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #adbee2
  2. #b5c5e5
  3. #bdcbe8
  4. #c6d2eb
  5. #ced8ee
  6. #d6dff1
  7. #dee5f3
  8. #e6ecf6
  9. #eff2f9
  10. #f7f9fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#adbee2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #adbee2
  2. #a9b8d8
  3. #a4b2ce
  4. #a0abc5
  5. #9ba5bb
  6. #979fb1
  7. #9299a7
  8. #8e939d
  9. #898c94
  10. #85868a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7becd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b3c0e4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aebbe1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a0c5ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1bfe3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aebce1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a5c2d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-adbee2 {
  color: #adbee2;
}
Background
.bg-adbee2 {
  background-color: #adbee2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-adbee2 {
  border: 2px solid #adbee2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #adbee2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 190 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 48% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-adbee2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #adbee2, #b7ade2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-adbee2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 190 226 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.09 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 4.86 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.74 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.42 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 11.45 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 11.98 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 12.32 #52411d Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#adbee2  rgb(173, 190, 226)  hsl(221, 48%, 78%)  Light Steel Blue
#e2d1ad  rgb(226, 209, 173)  hsl(41, 48%, 78%)  Wheat
#e2adbe  rgb(226, 173, 190)  hsl(341, 48%, 78%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#bee2ad  rgb(190, 226, 173)  hsl(101, 48%, 78%)  Tea Green