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#A6B2BE

#a6b2be ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a6b2be is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.1% red, 69.8% green and 74.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.63% cyan, 6.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 210°, with 15.58% saturation and 69.8% 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 9.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 6.95.

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Relative luminance0.4367

Complementary

  1. #a6b2be
  2. #beb2a6

Split complementary

  1. #a6b2be
  2. #bea6a6
  3. #bebea6

Analogous

  1. #a6bebe
  2. #a6b2be
  3. #a6a6be

Triadic

  1. #a6b2be
  2. #bea6b2
  3. #b2bea6

Tetradic

  1. #a6b2be
  2. #b2a6be
  3. #beb2a6
  4. #b2bea6

Square

  1. #a6b2be
  2. #bea6be
  3. #beb2a6
  4. #a6bea6

Monochromatic

  1. #566575
  2. #7a8c9e
  3. #a6b2be
  4. #d2d8de
  5. #f3f5f6

Shades

#a6b2be mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a6b2be
  2. #95a0ab
  3. #858e98
  4. #747d85
  5. #646b72
  6. #53595f
  7. #42474c
  8. #323539
  9. #212426
  10. #111213
  11. #000000

Tints

#a6b2be mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a6b2be
  2. #afbac5
  3. #b8c1cb
  4. #c1c9d2
  5. #cad1d8
  6. #d3d9df
  7. #dbe0e5
  8. #e4e8ec
  9. #edf0f2
  10. #f6f7f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a6b2be mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a6b2be
  2. #a2adb8
  3. #9ea8b2
  4. #9ba3ab
  5. #979ea5
  6. #93999f
  7. #8f9499
  8. #8b8f93
  9. #888a8c
  10. #848586
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #acb1b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aeb2bf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #abafbe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a0b5b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #abb2be ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a9b0be ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a3b4b9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a6b2be {
  color: #a6b2be;
}
Background
.bg-a6b2be {
  background-color: #a6b2be;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a6b2be {
  border: 2px solid #a6b2be;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a6b2be;
  --color-primary-rgb: 166 178 190;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 16% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a6b2be {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a6b2be, #a6a6be);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a6b2be {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(166 178 190 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.95 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 6.98 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 7.08 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 7.08 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 7.93 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.13 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.15 #594d41 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#a6b2be  rgb(166, 178, 190)  hsl(210, 16%, 70%)  Light Steel Blue
#beb2a6  rgb(190, 178, 166)  hsl(30, 16%, 70%)  Dark Gray
#bea6b2  rgb(190, 166, 178)  hsl(330, 16%, 70%)  Pastel Purple
#b2bea6  rgb(178, 190, 166)  hsl(90, 16%, 70%)  Ash Gray