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#A3CBDB

#a3cbdb ≈ Light Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a3cbdb is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 63.92% red, 79.61% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.57% cyan, 7.31% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 197.14°, with 43.75% saturation and 74.9% 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 12.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Blue (#add8e6), ΔE 3.3.

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Relative luminance0.5561

Complementary

  1. #a3cbdb
  2. #dbb3a3

Split complementary

  1. #a3cbdb
  2. #dba3af
  3. #dbcfa3

Analogous

  1. #a3dbcf
  2. #a3cbdb
  3. #a3afdb

Triadic

  1. #a3cbdb
  2. #dba3cb
  3. #cbdba3

Tetradic

  1. #a3cbdb
  2. #b3a3db
  3. #dbb3a3
  4. #cbdba3

Square

  1. #a3cbdb
  2. #cfa3db
  3. #dbb3a3
  4. #afdba3

Monochromatic

  1. #4088a5
  2. #6cacc5
  3. #a3cbdb
  4. #daeaf1
  5. #f0f7f9

Shades

#a3cbdb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a3cbdb
  2. #93b7c5
  3. #82a2af
  4. #728e99
  5. #627a83
  6. #52666e
  7. #415158
  8. #313d42
  9. #21292c
  10. #101416
  11. #000000

Tints

#a3cbdb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a3cbdb
  2. #acd0df
  3. #b5d5e2
  4. #bfdbe6
  5. #c8e0e9
  6. #d1e5ed
  7. #daeaf1
  8. #e3eff4
  9. #edf5f8
  10. #f6fafb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a3cbdb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a3cbdb
  2. #a0c4d2
  3. #9cbcc9
  4. #99b5c0
  5. #95adb7
  6. #92a6ae
  7. #8e9ea4
  8. #8b979b
  9. #878f92
  10. #848889
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8c7ce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2c9dc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9c2db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #92d0d0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b6cadc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b1c6db ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #99ced4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a3cbdb {
  color: #a3cbdb;
}
Background
.bg-a3cbdb {
  background-color: #a3cbdb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a3cbdb {
  border: 2px solid #a3cbdb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a3cbdb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 163 203 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 44% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a3cbdb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a3cbdb, #a3afdb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a3cbdb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(163 203 219 / 0.35);
}

#add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 3.30 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 4.27 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 4.63 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 5.26 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 5.54 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.89 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 5.98 #5c3424 Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Light Blue
#a3cbdb  rgb(163, 203, 219)  hsl(197, 44%, 75%)  Light Blue
#dbb3a3  rgb(219, 179, 163)  hsl(17, 44%, 75%)  Zinnwaldite
#dba3cb  rgb(219, 163, 203)  hsl(317, 44%, 75%)  Lilac
#cbdba3  rgb(203, 219, 163)  hsl(77, 44%, 75%)  Tea Green