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#A0BBD2

#a0bbd2 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a0bbd2 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 62.75% red, 73.33% green and 82.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.81% cyan, 10.95% magenta, 0% yellow and 17.65% black. Its hue angle is 207.6°, with 35.71% saturation and 72.55% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.19.

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Relative luminance0.4767

Complementary

  1. #a0bbd2
  2. #d2b7a0

Split complementary

  1. #a0bbd2
  2. #d2a0a2
  3. #d2d0a0

Analogous

  1. #a0d2d0
  2. #a0bbd2
  3. #a0a2d2

Triadic

  1. #a0bbd2
  2. #d2a0bb
  3. #bbd2a0

Tetradic

  1. #a0bbd2
  2. #b7a0d2
  3. #d2b7a0
  4. #bbd2a0

Square

  1. #a0bbd2
  2. #d0a0d2
  3. #d2b7a0
  4. #a2d2a0

Monochromatic

  1. #467093
  2. #6c96b9
  3. #a0bbd2
  4. #d4e0eb
  5. #f1f5f8

Shades

#a0bbd2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a0bbd2
  2. #90a8bd
  3. #8096a8
  4. #708393
  5. #60707e
  6. #505e69
  7. #404b54
  8. #30383f
  9. #20252a
  10. #101315
  11. #000000

Tints

#a0bbd2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a0bbd2
  2. #aac2d7
  3. #b3c9db
  4. #bdcfe0
  5. #c6d6e4
  6. #d0dde9
  7. #d9e4ed
  8. #e3ebf2
  9. #ecf1f6
  10. #f6f8fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a0bbd2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a0bbd2
  2. #9db5ca
  3. #9aafc2
  4. #96a9b9
  5. #93a3b1
  6. #909ea9
  7. #8d98a1
  8. #8a9299
  9. #868c90
  10. #838688
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afb9c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b2bbd3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #acb5d2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #92c0c2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #abbbd3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a7b8d2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #98bec9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a0bbd2 {
  color: #a0bbd2;
}
Background
.bg-a0bbd2 {
  background-color: #a0bbd2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a0bbd2 {
  border: 2px solid #a0bbd2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a0bbd2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 160 187 210;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 36% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a0bbd2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a0bbd2, #a0a2d2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a0bbd2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(160 187 210 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.19 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 6.36 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.64 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 7.86 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.89 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.97 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.99 #5f442d Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#a0bbd2  rgb(160, 187, 210)  hsl(208, 36%, 73%)  Light Steel Blue
#d2b7a0  rgb(210, 183, 160)  hsl(28, 36%, 73%)  Tan
#d2a0bb  rgb(210, 160, 187)  hsl(328, 36%, 73%)  Lilac
#bbd2a0  rgb(187, 210, 160)  hsl(88, 36%, 73%)  Celadon