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#A3B5CA

#a3b5ca ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a3b5ca is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.92% red, 70.98% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.31% cyan, 10.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 212.31°, with 26.9% saturation and 71.57% 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 10.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.3.

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Relative luminance0.451

Complementary

  1. #a3b5ca
  2. #cab8a3

Split complementary

  1. #a3b5ca
  2. #caa5a3
  3. #c9caa3

Analogous

  1. #a3c9ca
  2. #a3b5ca
  3. #a5a3ca

Triadic

  1. #a3b5ca
  2. #caa3b5
  3. #b5caa3

Tetradic

  1. #a3b5ca
  2. #b8a3ca
  3. #cab8a3
  4. #b5caa3

Square

  1. #a3b5ca
  2. #caa3c9
  3. #cab8a3
  4. #a3caa5

Monochromatic

  1. #4d6887
  2. #728eae
  3. #a3b5ca
  4. #d4dce6
  5. #f2f5f8

Shades

#a3b5ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a3b5ca
  2. #93a3b6
  3. #8291a2
  4. #727f8d
  5. #626d79
  6. #525b65
  7. #414851
  8. #31363d
  9. #212428
  10. #101214
  11. #000000

Tints

#a3b5ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a3b5ca
  2. #acbccf
  3. #b5c4d5
  4. #bfcbda
  5. #c8d3df
  6. #d1dae5
  7. #dae1ea
  8. #e3e9ef
  9. #edf0f4
  10. #f6f8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a3b5ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a3b5ca
  2. #a0b0c3
  3. #9caabb
  4. #99a5b4
  5. #95a0ac
  6. #929ba5
  7. #8e959e
  8. #8b9096
  9. #878b8f
  10. #848587
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.1:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #adb4bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aeb5cb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a9b1ca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #99babc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9b5cb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a7b3ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9db8c2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a3b5ca {
  color: #a3b5ca;
}
Background
.bg-a3b5ca {
  background-color: #a3b5ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a3b5ca {
  border: 2px solid #a3b5ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a3b5ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 163 181 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 212 27% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a3b5ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a3b5ca, #a5a3ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a3b5ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(163 181 202 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.30 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.81 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 7.71 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.17 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 9.98 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.13 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.41 #5c4a35 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#a3b5ca  rgb(163, 181, 202)  hsl(212, 27%, 72%)  Light Steel Blue
#cab8a3  rgb(202, 184, 163)  hsl(32, 27%, 72%)  Tan
#caa3b5  rgb(202, 163, 181)  hsl(332, 27%, 72%)  Pastel Purple
#b5caa3  rgb(181, 202, 163)  hsl(92, 27%, 72%)  Dark Sea Green