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#A0C4E4

#a0c4e4 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a0c4e4 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 62.75% red, 76.86% green and 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.82% cyan, 14.04% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 208.24°, with 55.74% saturation and 76.08% 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 11.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.43.

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Relative luminance0.5255

Complementary

  1. #a0c4e4
  2. #e4c0a0

Split complementary

  1. #a0c4e4
  2. #e4a0a2
  3. #e4e2a0

Analogous

  1. #a0e4e2
  2. #a0c4e4
  3. #a0a2e4

Triadic

  1. #a0c4e4
  2. #e4a0c4
  3. #c4e4a0

Tetradic

  1. #a0c4e4
  2. #c0a0e4
  3. #e4c0a0
  4. #c4e4a0

Square

  1. #a0c4e4
  2. #e2a0e4
  3. #e4c0a0
  4. #a2e4a0

Monochromatic

  1. #3479b7
  2. #649fd3
  3. #a0c4e4
  4. #dce9f5
  5. #eff5fa

Shades

#a0c4e4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a0c4e4
  2. #90b0cd
  3. #809db6
  4. #7089a0
  5. #607689
  6. #506272
  7. #404e5b
  8. #303b44
  9. #20272e
  10. #101417
  11. #000000

Tints

#a0c4e4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a0c4e4
  2. #aacae7
  3. #b3d0e9
  4. #bdd6ec
  5. #c6dcef
  6. #d0e2f2
  7. #d9e7f4
  8. #e3edf7
  9. #ecf3fa
  10. #f6f9fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a0c4e4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a0c4e4
  2. #9dbdda
  3. #9ab6d0
  4. #96b0c6
  5. #93a9bc
  6. #90a2b2
  7. #8d9ba8
  8. #8a949e
  9. #868e94
  10. #83878a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4c1cf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7c4e6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #afbde3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8cccce ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #afc4e5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a9c0e4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #94c9d7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a0c4e4 {
  color: #a0c4e4;
}
Background
.bg-a0c4e4 {
  background-color: #a0c4e4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a0c4e4 {
  border: 2px solid #a0c4e4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a0c4e4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 160 196 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 56% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a0c4e4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a0c4e4, #a0a2e4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a0c4e4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(160 196 228 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.43 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 6.24 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.31 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 6.97 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 7.07 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.31 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.73 #5f3b1b Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#a0c4e4  rgb(160, 196, 228)  hsl(208, 56%, 76%)  Light Steel Blue
#e4c0a0  rgb(228, 192, 160)  hsl(28, 56%, 76%)  Desert Sand
#e4a0c4  rgb(228, 160, 196)  hsl(328, 56%, 76%)  Carnation Pink
#c4e4a0  rgb(196, 228, 160)  hsl(88, 56%, 76%)  Granny Smith Apple