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#A6B6CB

#a6b6cb ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a6b6cb is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.1% red, 71.37% green and 79.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.23% cyan, 10.34% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 214.05°, with 26.24% saturation and 72.35% 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 10.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 3.98.

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Relative luminance0.4587

Complementary

  1. #a6b6cb
  2. #cbbba6

Split complementary

  1. #a6b6cb
  2. #cba8a6
  3. #c8cba6

Analogous

  1. #a6c8cb
  2. #a6b6cb
  3. #a8a6cb

Triadic

  1. #a6b6cb
  2. #cba6b6
  3. #b6cba6

Tetradic

  1. #a6b6cb
  2. #bba6cb
  3. #cbbba6
  4. #b6cba6

Square

  1. #a6b6cb
  2. #cba6c8
  3. #cbbba6
  4. #a6cba8

Monochromatic

  1. #506888
  2. #768eaf
  3. #a6b6cb
  4. #d6dee7
  5. #f2f4f7

Shades

#a6b6cb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a6b6cb
  2. #95a4b7
  3. #8592a2
  4. #747f8e
  5. #646d7a
  6. #535b66
  7. #424951
  8. #32373d
  9. #212429
  10. #111214
  11. #000000

Tints

#a6b6cb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a6b6cb
  2. #afbdd0
  3. #b8c5d5
  4. #c1ccdb
  5. #cad3e0
  6. #d3dbe5
  7. #dbe2ea
  8. #e4e9ef
  9. #edf0f5
  10. #f6f8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a6b6cb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a6b6cb
  2. #a2b1c4
  3. #9eabbc
  4. #9ba6b5
  5. #97a0ad
  6. #939ba6
  7. #8f969e
  8. #8b9097
  9. #888b8f
  10. #848588
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afb5be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #afb7cc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #abb3cb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9dbabd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #abb6cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a9b4cb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a1b9c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a6b6cb {
  color: #a6b6cb;
}
Background
.bg-a6b6cb {
  background-color: #a6b6cb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a6b6cb {
  border: 2px solid #a6b6cb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a6b6cb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 166 182 203;
  --color-primary-hsl: 214 26% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a6b6cb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a6b6cb, #a8a6cb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a6b6cb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(166 182 203 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 3.98 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.37 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 7.99 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.12 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 10.10 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 10.27 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 10.32 #594934 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#a6b6cb  rgb(166, 182, 203)  hsl(214, 26%, 72%)  Light Steel Blue
#cbbba6  rgb(203, 187, 166)  hsl(34, 26%, 72%)  Tan
#cba6b6  rgb(203, 166, 182)  hsl(334, 26%, 72%)  Pastel Purple
#b6cba6  rgb(182, 203, 166)  hsl(94, 26%, 72%)  Dark Sea Green