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#A2BAE5

#a2bae5 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a2bae5 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.53% red, 72.94% green and 89.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.26% cyan, 18.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 218.51°, with 56.3% saturation and 76.67% 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 10.69:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 5.25.

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Relative luminance0.4846

Complementary

  1. #a2bae5
  2. #e5cda2

Split complementary

  1. #a2bae5
  2. #e5aca2
  3. #dce5a2

Analogous

  1. #a2dce5
  2. #a2bae5
  3. #aca2e5

Triadic

  1. #a2bae5
  2. #e5a2ba
  3. #bae5a2

Tetradic

  1. #a2bae5
  2. #cda2e5
  3. #e5cda2
  4. #bae5a2

Square

  1. #a2bae5
  2. #e5a2dc
  3. #e5cda2
  4. #a2e5ac

Monochromatic

  1. #3464ba
  2. #668ed4
  3. #a2bae5
  4. #dee6f6
  5. #eff3fb

Shades

#a2bae5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a2bae5
  2. #92a7ce
  3. #8295b7
  4. #7182a0
  5. #617089
  6. #515d73
  7. #414a5c
  8. #313845
  9. #20252e
  10. #101317
  11. #000000

Tints

#a2bae5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a2bae5
  2. #abc1e8
  3. #b5c8ea
  4. #becfed
  5. #c7d6ef
  6. #d1ddf2
  7. #dae3f5
  8. #e3eaf7
  9. #ecf1fa
  10. #f6f8fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a2bae5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a2bae5
  2. #9fb4db
  3. #9baed1
  4. #98a9c7
  5. #94a3bd
  6. #919db3
  7. #8e97a8
  8. #8a919e
  9. #878c94
  10. #83868a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b0b9cc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #acbce7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a5b6e4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8fc3c8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8bbe6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a4b8e4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #97bfd4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a2bae5 {
  color: #a2bae5;
}
Background
.bg-a2bae5 {
  background-color: #a2bae5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a2bae5 {
  border: 2px solid #a2bae5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a2bae5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 162 186 229;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 56% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a2bae5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a2bae5, #aca2e5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a2bae5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(162 186 229 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.25 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.48 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.43 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.97 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 10.40 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.98 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.25 #5d451a Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#a2bae5  rgb(162, 186, 229)  hsl(219, 56%, 77%)  Light Steel Blue
#e5cda2  rgb(229, 205, 162)  hsl(39, 56%, 77%)  Wheat
#e5a2ba  rgb(229, 162, 186)  hsl(339, 56%, 77%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#bae5a2  rgb(186, 229, 162)  hsl(99, 56%, 77%)  Granny Smith Apple