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#A3B1BE

#a3b1be ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a3b1be is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.92% red, 69.41% green and 74.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 14.21% cyan, 6.84% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 208.89°, with 17.2% saturation and 69.22% 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 9.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 6.91.

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Relative luminance0.4295

Complementary

  1. #a3b1be
  2. #beb0a3

Split complementary

  1. #a3b1be
  2. #bea3a4
  3. #bebea3

Analogous

  1. #a3bebe
  2. #a3b1be
  3. #a3a4be

Triadic

  1. #a3b1be
  2. #bea3b1
  3. #b1bea3

Tetradic

  1. #a3b1be
  2. #b0a3be
  3. #beb0a3
  4. #b1bea3

Square

  1. #a3b1be
  2. #bea3be
  3. #beb0a3
  4. #a4bea3

Monochromatic

  1. #536575
  2. #768b9e
  3. #a3b1be
  4. #d0d7de
  5. #f3f5f7

Shades

#a3b1be mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a3b1be
  2. #939fab
  3. #828e98
  4. #727c85
  5. #626a72
  6. #52595f
  7. #41474c
  8. #313539
  9. #212326
  10. #101213
  11. #000000

Tints

#a3b1be mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a3b1be
  2. #acb9c5
  3. #b5c1cb
  4. #bfc8d2
  5. #c8d0d8
  6. #d1d8df
  7. #dae0e5
  8. #e3e8ec
  9. #edeff2
  10. #f6f7f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a3b1be mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a3b1be
  2. #a0acb8
  3. #9ca7b2
  4. #99a2ab
  5. #959da5
  6. #92999f
  7. #8e9499
  8. #8b8f93
  9. #878a8c
  10. #848586
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aab0b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #acb1bf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a9aebe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9cb4b5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9b1be ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a6afbe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9fb3b9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a3b1be {
  color: #a3b1be;
}
Background
.bg-a3b1be {
  background-color: #a3b1be;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a3b1be {
  border: 2px solid #a3b1be;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a3b1be;
  --color-primary-rgb: 163 177 190;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 17% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a3b1be {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a3b1be, #a3a4be);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a3b1be {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(163 177 190 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.91 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 6.92 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 7.61 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 7.61 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 8.69 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.09 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.18 #5c4e41 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#a3b1be  rgb(163, 177, 190)  hsl(209, 17%, 69%)  Light Steel Blue
#beb0a3  rgb(190, 176, 163)  hsl(29, 17%, 69%)  Silver Pink
#bea3b1  rgb(190, 163, 177)  hsl(329, 17%, 69%)  Pastel Purple
#b1bea3  rgb(177, 190, 163)  hsl(89, 17%, 69%)  Ash Gray