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#A6CBEB

#a6cbeb ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a6cbeb is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.1% red, 79.61% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.36% cyan, 13.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 207.83°, with 63.3% saturation and 78.63% 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 12.36:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.77.

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Relative luminance0.5682

Complementary

  1. #a6cbeb
  2. #ebc6a6

Split complementary

  1. #a6cbeb
  2. #eba6a9
  3. #ebe9a6

Analogous

  1. #a6ebe9
  2. #a6cbeb
  3. #a6a9eb

Triadic

  1. #a6cbeb
  2. #eba6cb
  3. #cbeba6

Tetradic

  1. #a6cbeb
  2. #c6a6eb
  3. #ebc6a6
  4. #cbeba6

Square

  1. #a6cbeb
  2. #e9a6eb
  3. #ebc6a6
  4. #a9eba6

Monochromatic

  1. #2e82cb
  2. #68a7dd
  3. #a6cbeb
  4. #e4f0f9
  5. #eef5fb

Shades

#a6cbeb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a6cbeb
  2. #95b7d4
  3. #85a2bc
  4. #748ea5
  5. #647a8d
  6. #536676
  7. #42515e
  8. #323d47
  9. #21292f
  10. #111418
  11. #000000

Tints

#a6cbeb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a6cbeb
  2. #afd0ed
  3. #b8d5ef
  4. #c1dbf1
  5. #cae0f3
  6. #d3e5f5
  7. #dbeaf7
  8. #e4eff9
  9. #edf5fb
  10. #f6fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a6cbeb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a6cbeb
  2. #a2c4e0
  3. #9ebcd6
  4. #9bb5cb
  5. #97adc0
  6. #93a6b6
  7. #8f9eab
  8. #8b97a0
  9. #888f95
  10. #84888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c7c7c7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bac8d6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #becbed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b5c3ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #91d3d5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b5cbec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #afc6eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9ad0de ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a6cbeb {
  color: #a6cbeb;
}
Background
.bg-a6cbeb {
  background-color: #a6cbeb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a6cbeb {
  border: 2px solid #a6cbeb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a6cbeb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 166 203 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 63% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a6cbeb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a6cbeb, #a6a9eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a6cbeb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(166 203 235 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.77 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.32 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 5.82 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 5.84 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 6.52 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.38 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.69 #593414 Inverted #c7c7c7 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#a6cbeb  rgb(166, 203, 235)  hsl(208, 63%, 79%)  Light Steel Blue
#ebc6a6  rgb(235, 198, 166)  hsl(28, 63%, 79%)  Desert Sand
#eba6cb  rgb(235, 166, 203)  hsl(328, 63%, 79%)  Carnation Pink
#cbeba6  rgb(203, 235, 166)  hsl(88, 63%, 79%)  Tea Green