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#A6B1BF

#a6b1bf ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a6b1bf is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.1% red, 69.41% green and 74.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.09% cyan, 7.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 213.6°, with 16.34% saturation and 70% 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 9.66:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 6.57.

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Relative luminance0.4331

Complementary

  1. #a6b1bf
  2. #bfb4a6

Split complementary

  1. #a6b1bf
  2. #bfa7a6
  3. #bebfa6

Analogous

  1. #a6bebf
  2. #a6b1bf
  3. #a7a6bf

Triadic

  1. #a6b1bf
  2. #bfa6b1
  3. #b1bfa6

Tetradic

  1. #a6b1bf
  2. #b4a6bf
  3. #bfb4a6
  4. #b1bfa6

Square

  1. #a6b1bf
  2. #bfa6be
  3. #bfb4a6
  4. #a6bfa7

Monochromatic

  1. #556477
  2. #798a9f
  3. #a6b1bf
  4. #d2d8df
  5. #f3f5f6

Shades

#a6b1bf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a6b1bf
  2. #959fac
  3. #858e99
  4. #747c86
  5. #646a73
  6. #535960
  7. #42474c
  8. #323539
  9. #212326
  10. #111213
  11. #000000

Tints

#a6b1bf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a6b1bf
  2. #afb9c5
  3. #b8c1cc
  4. #c1c8d2
  5. #cad0d9
  6. #d3d8df
  7. #dbe0e5
  8. #e4e8ec
  9. #edeff2
  10. #f6f7f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a6b1bf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a6b1bf
  2. #a2acb9
  3. #9ea7b2
  4. #9ba2ac
  5. #979da6
  6. #9399a0
  7. #8f9499
  8. #8b8f93
  9. #888a8d
  10. #848586
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #acb0b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #acb1c0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aaafbf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a0b4b5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aab1bf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a8b0bf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a2b3b9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a6b1bf {
  color: #a6b1bf;
}
Background
.bg-a6b1bf {
  background-color: #a6b1bf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a6b1bf {
  border: 2px solid #a6b1bf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a6b1bf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 166 177 191;
  --color-primary-hsl: 214 16% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a6b1bf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a6b1bf, #a7a6bf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a6b1bf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(166 177 191 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.57 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 7.43 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 7.43 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 7.90 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.99 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 8.39 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.48 #594e40 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#a6b1bf  rgb(166, 177, 191)  hsl(214, 16%, 70%)  Light Steel Blue
#bfb4a6  rgb(191, 180, 166)  hsl(34, 16%, 70%)  Silver
#bfa6b1  rgb(191, 166, 177)  hsl(334, 16%, 70%)  Pastel Purple
#b1bfa6  rgb(177, 191, 166)  hsl(94, 16%, 70%)  Ash Gray