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#A3C2FA

#a3c2fa ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a3c2fa is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.92% red, 76.08% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 34.8% cyan, 22.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 218.62°, with 89.69% saturation and 80.98% 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 11.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 6.66.

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Relative luminance0.5327

Complementary

  1. #a3c2fa
  2. #fadba3

Split complementary

  1. #a3c2fa
  2. #faafa3
  3. #eefaa3

Analogous

  1. #a3eefa
  2. #a3c2fa
  3. #afa3fa

Triadic

  1. #a3c2fa
  2. #faa3c2
  3. #c2faa3

Tetradic

  1. #a3c2fa
  2. #dba3fa
  3. #fadba3
  4. #c2faa3

Square

  1. #a3c2fa
  2. #faa3ee
  3. #fadba3
  4. #a3faaf

Monochromatic

  1. #1262f2
  2. #5a92f6
  3. #a3c2fa
  4. #ecf2fe
  5. #ecf2fe

Shades

#a3c2fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a3c2fa
  2. #93afe1
  3. #829bc8
  4. #7288af
  5. #627496
  6. #52617d
  7. #414e64
  8. #313a4b
  9. #212732
  10. #101319
  11. #000000

Tints

#a3c2fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a3c2fa
  2. #acc8fb
  3. #b5cefb
  4. #bfd4fc
  5. #c8dafc
  6. #d1e1fd
  7. #dae7fd
  8. #e3edfe
  9. #edf3fe
  10. #f6f9ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a3c2fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a3c2fa
  2. #a0bbee
  3. #9cb5e2
  4. #99aed5
  5. #95a8c9
  6. #92a1bd
  7. #8e9ab1
  8. #8b94a5
  9. #878d98
  10. #84878c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b6c1da ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #afc5fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a6bdf9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #88ced5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aac4fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a5bff9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #94c9e5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a3c2fa {
  color: #a3c2fa;
}
Background
.bg-a3c2fa {
  background-color: #a3c2fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a3c2fa {
  border: 2px solid #a3c2fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a3c2fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 163 194 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 90% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a3c2fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a3c2fa, #afa3fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a3c2fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(163 194 250 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.66 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.90 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.65 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.80 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.97 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 10.48 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.77 #5c3d05 Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#a3c2fa  rgb(163, 194, 250)  hsl(219, 90%, 81%)  Light Steel Blue
#fadba3  rgb(250, 219, 163)  hsl(39, 90%, 81%)  Navajo White
#faa3c2  rgb(250, 163, 194)  hsl(339, 90%, 81%)  Carnation Pink
#c2faa3  rgb(194, 250, 163)  hsl(99, 90%, 81%)  Pale Green