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#A3BED3

#a3bed3 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a3bed3 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.92% red, 74.51% green and 82.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.75% cyan, 9.95% magenta, 0% yellow and 17.25% black. Its hue angle is 206.25°, with 35.29% saturation and 73.33% 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 10.86:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.31.

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Relative luminance0.4932

Complementary

  1. #a3bed3
  2. #d3b8a3

Split complementary

  1. #a3bed3
  2. #d3a3a6
  3. #d3d0a3

Analogous

  1. #a3d3d0
  2. #a3bed3
  3. #a3a6d3

Triadic

  1. #a3bed3
  2. #d3a3be
  3. #bed3a3

Tetradic

  1. #a3bed3
  2. #b8a3d3
  3. #d3b8a3
  4. #bed3a3

Square

  1. #a3bed3
  2. #d0a3d3
  3. #d3b8a3
  4. #a6d3a3

Monochromatic

  1. #477395
  2. #6f99ba
  3. #a3bed3
  4. #d7e3ec
  5. #f1f5f8

Shades

#a3bed3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a3bed3
  2. #93abbe
  3. #8298a9
  4. #728594
  5. #62727f
  6. #525f6a
  7. #414c54
  8. #31393f
  9. #21262a
  10. #101315
  11. #000000

Tints

#a3bed3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a3bed3
  2. #acc5d7
  3. #b5cbdc
  4. #bfd2e0
  5. #c8d8e5
  6. #d1dfe9
  7. #dae5ed
  8. #e3ecf2
  9. #edf2f6
  10. #f6f9fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a3bed3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a3bed3
  2. #a0b8cb
  3. #9cb2c2
  4. #99abba
  5. #95a5b2
  6. #929faa
  7. #8e99a1
  8. #8b9399
  9. #878c91
  10. #848688
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b1bcc5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5bdd4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #afb8d3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #96c3c5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aebed4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aabad3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9bc1cb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a3bed3 {
  color: #a3bed3;
}
Background
.bg-a3bed3 {
  background-color: #a3bed3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a3bed3 {
  border: 2px solid #a3bed3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a3bed3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 163 190 211;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 35% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a3bed3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a3bed3, #a3a6d3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a3bed3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(163 190 211 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.31 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 5.31 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.73 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 6.88 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 8.51 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.57 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.84 #5c412c Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#a3bed3  rgb(163, 190, 211)  hsl(206, 35%, 73%)  Light Steel Blue
#d3b8a3  rgb(211, 184, 163)  hsl(26, 35%, 73%)  Desert Sand
#d3a3be  rgb(211, 163, 190)  hsl(326, 35%, 73%)  Lilac
#bed3a3  rgb(190, 211, 163)  hsl(86, 35%, 73%)  Tea Green