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#A7BCCE

#a7bcce ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a7bcce is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.49% red, 73.73% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.93% cyan, 8.74% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 207.69°, with 28.47% saturation and 73.14% 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 10.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.13.

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Relative luminance0.4864

Complementary

  1. #a7bcce
  2. #ceb9a7

Split complementary

  1. #a7bcce
  2. #cea7a9
  3. #cecda7

Analogous

  1. #a7cecd
  2. #a7bcce
  3. #a7a9ce

Triadic

  1. #a7bcce
  2. #cea7bc
  3. #bccea7

Tetradic

  1. #a7bcce
  2. #b9a7ce
  3. #ceb9a7
  4. #bccea7

Square

  1. #a7bcce
  2. #cda7ce
  3. #ceb9a7
  4. #a9cea7

Monochromatic

  1. #4f708d
  2. #7697b3
  3. #a7bcce
  4. #d8e1e9
  5. #f2f5f8

Shades

#a7bcce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a7bcce
  2. #96a9b9
  3. #8696a5
  4. #758490
  5. #64717c
  6. #545e67
  7. #434b52
  8. #32383e
  9. #212629
  10. #111315
  11. #000000

Tints

#a7bcce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a7bcce
  2. #b0c3d3
  3. #b9c9d8
  4. #c1d0dd
  5. #cad7e2
  6. #d3dee7
  7. #dce4eb
  8. #e5ebf0
  9. #edf2f5
  10. #f6f8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a7bcce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a7bcce
  2. #a3b6c6
  3. #9fb0be
  4. #9baab7
  5. #97a4af
  6. #949ea7
  7. #90989f
  8. #8c9297
  9. #888c90
  10. #848688
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2bac2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5bccf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b0b7ce ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9dc0c2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0bccf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #acb9ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a1bfc7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a7bcce {
  color: #a7bcce;
}
Background
.bg-a7bcce {
  background-color: #a7bcce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a7bcce {
  border: 2px solid #a7bcce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a7bcce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 167 188 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 208 28% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a7bcce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a7bcce, #a7a9ce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a7bcce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(167 188 206 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.13 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 5.17 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.99 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 7.58 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.29 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 9.44 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 9.92 #584331 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#a7bcce  rgb(167, 188, 206)  hsl(208, 28%, 73%)  Light Steel Blue
#ceb9a7  rgb(206, 185, 167)  hsl(28, 28%, 73%)  Desert Sand
#cea7bc  rgb(206, 167, 188)  hsl(328, 28%, 73%)  Lilac
#bccea7  rgb(188, 206, 167)  hsl(88, 28%, 73%)  Tea Green