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#A3BDFE

#a3bdfe ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a3bdfe is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.92% red, 74.12% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.83% cyan, 25.59% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 222.86°, with 97.85% saturation and 81.76% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 7.46.

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Relative luminance0.5134

Complementary

  1. #a3bdfe
  2. #fee4a3

Split complementary

  1. #a3bdfe
  2. #feb6a3
  3. #eafea3

Analogous

  1. #a3eafe
  2. #a3bdfe
  3. #b6a3fe

Triadic

  1. #a3bdfe
  2. #fea3bd
  3. #bdfea3

Tetradic

  1. #a3bdfe
  2. #e4a3fe
  3. #fee4a3
  4. #bdfea3

Square

  1. #a3bdfe
  2. #fea3ea
  3. #fee4a3
  4. #a3feb6

Monochromatic

  1. #0c50fc
  2. #5787fd
  3. #a3bdfe
  4. #ebf1ff
  5. #ebf1ff

Shades

#a3bdfe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a3bdfe
  2. #93aae5
  3. #8297cb
  4. #7284b2
  5. #627198
  6. #525f7f
  7. #414c66
  8. #31394c
  9. #212633
  10. #101319
  11. #000000

Tints

#a3bdfe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a3bdfe
  2. #acc4fe
  3. #b5cafe
  4. #bfd1fe
  5. #c8d7fe
  6. #d1deff
  7. #dae5ff
  8. #e3ebff
  9. #edf2ff
  10. #f6f8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a3bdfe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a3bdfe
  2. #a0b7f1
  3. #9cb1e5
  4. #99abd8
  5. #95a5cc
  6. #929fbf
  7. #8e98b2
  8. #8b92a6
  9. #878c99
  10. #84868d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4bdda ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a7c2ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9fbafc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #87cad3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a6c0ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a1bbfd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #93c5e6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a3bdfe {
  color: #a3bdfe;
}
Background
.bg-a3bdfe {
  background-color: #a3bdfe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a3bdfe {
  border: 2px solid #a3bdfe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a3bdfe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 163 189 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 98% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a3bdfe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a3bdfe, #b6a3fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a3bdfe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(163 189 254 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.46 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.56 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.65 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.99 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.15 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 11.42 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.50 #5c4201 Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#a3bdfe  rgb(163, 189, 254)  hsl(223, 98%, 82%)  Light Steel Blue
#fee4a3  rgb(254, 228, 163)  hsl(43, 98%, 82%)  Peach
#fea3bd  rgb(254, 163, 189)  hsl(343, 98%, 82%)  Carnation Pink
#bdfea3  rgb(189, 254, 163)  hsl(103, 98%, 82%)  Pale Green