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#A4CBDD

#a4cbdd ≈ Light Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a4cbdd is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 64.31% red, 79.61% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.79% cyan, 8.14% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 198.95°, with 45.6% saturation and 75.49% 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 12.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Blue (#add8e6), ΔE 3.74.

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Relative luminance0.5582

Complementary

  1. #a4cbdd
  2. #ddb6a4

Split complementary

  1. #a4cbdd
  2. #dda4ae
  3. #ddd3a4

Analogous

  1. #a4ddd3
  2. #a4cbdd
  3. #a4aedd

Triadic

  1. #a4cbdd
  2. #dda4cb
  3. #cbdda4

Tetradic

  1. #a4cbdd
  2. #b6a4dd
  3. #ddb6a4
  4. #cbdda4

Square

  1. #a4cbdd
  2. #d3a4dd
  3. #ddb6a4
  4. #aedda4

Monochromatic

  1. #3f87a9
  2. #6cabc8
  3. #a4cbdd
  4. #dcebf2
  5. #f0f7f9

Shades

#a4cbdd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a4cbdd
  2. #94b7c7
  3. #83a2b1
  4. #738e9b
  5. #627a85
  6. #52666f
  7. #425158
  8. #313d42
  9. #21292c
  10. #101416
  11. #000000

Tints

#a4cbdd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a4cbdd
  2. #add0e0
  3. #b6d5e4
  4. #bfdbe7
  5. #c8e0eb
  6. #d2e5ee
  7. #dbeaf1
  8. #e4eff5
  9. #edf5f8
  10. #f6fafc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a4cbdd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a4cbdd
  2. #a0c4d4
  3. #9dbcca
  4. #99b5c1
  5. #96adb8
  6. #92a6af
  7. #8e9ea5
  8. #8b979c
  9. #878f93
  10. #848889
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9c7cf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2c9de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9c2dd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #93d0d1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b7cade ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b1c6dd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9aced6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a4cbdd {
  color: #a4cbdd;
}
Background
.bg-a4cbdd {
  background-color: #a4cbdd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a4cbdd {
  border: 2px solid #a4cbdd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a4cbdd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 164 203 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 46% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a4cbdd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a4cbdd, #a4aedd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a4cbdd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(164 203 221 / 0.35);
}

#add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 3.74 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 4.16 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 4.36 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.24 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 5.49 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 5.70 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 5.72 #5b3422 Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Light Blue
#a4cbdd  rgb(164, 203, 221)  hsl(199, 46%, 75%)  Light Blue
#ddb6a4  rgb(221, 182, 164)  hsl(19, 46%, 75%)  Zinnwaldite
#dda4cb  rgb(221, 164, 203)  hsl(319, 46%, 75%)  Lilac
#cbdda4  rgb(203, 221, 164)  hsl(79, 46%, 75%)  Tea Green