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#A7BDCA

#a7bdca ≈ Pastel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a7bdca is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.49% red, 74.12% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.33% cyan, 6.44% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 202.29°, with 24.82% 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 10.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Blue (#aec6cf), ΔE 3.12.

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Relative luminance0.4887

Complementary

  1. #a7bdca
  2. #cab4a7

Split complementary

  1. #a7bdca
  2. #caa7ab
  3. #cac5a7

Analogous

  1. #a7cac5
  2. #a7bdca
  3. #a7abca

Triadic

  1. #a7bdca
  2. #caa7bd
  3. #bdcaa7

Tetradic

  1. #a7bdca
  2. #b4a7ca
  3. #cab4a7
  4. #bdcaa7

Square

  1. #a7bdca
  2. #c5a7ca
  3. #cab4a7
  4. #abcaa7

Monochromatic

  1. #517387
  2. #7799ad
  3. #a7bdca
  4. #d7e1e7
  5. #f2f5f7

Shades

#a7bdca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a7bdca
  2. #96aab6
  3. #8697a2
  4. #75848d
  5. #647179
  6. #545f65
  7. #434c51
  8. #32393d
  9. #212628
  10. #111314
  11. #000000

Tints

#a7bdca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a7bdca
  2. #b0c4cf
  3. #b9cad5
  4. #c1d1da
  5. #cad7df
  6. #d3dee5
  7. #dce5ea
  8. #e5ebef
  9. #edf2f4
  10. #f6f8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a7bdca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a7bdca
  2. #a3b7c3
  3. #9fb1bb
  4. #9babb4
  5. #97a5ac
  6. #949fa5
  7. #90989e
  8. #8c9296
  9. #888c8f
  10. #848687
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2bbc0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7bccb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2b8ca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9ec1c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1bcca ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aebaca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a2bfc5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a7bdca {
  color: #a7bdca;
}
Background
.bg-a7bdca {
  background-color: #a7bdca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a7bdca {
  border: 2px solid #a7bdca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a7bdca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 167 189 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 25% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a7bdca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a7bdca, #a7abca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a7bdca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(167 189 202 / 0.35);
}

#aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 3.12 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.08 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.24 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 7.16 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 8.24 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 9.30 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.98 #584235 Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Pastel Blue
#a7bdca  rgb(167, 189, 202)  hsl(202, 25%, 72%)  Pastel Blue
#cab4a7  rgb(202, 180, 167)  hsl(22, 25%, 72%)  Silver Pink
#caa7bd  rgb(202, 167, 189)  hsl(322, 25%, 72%)  Lilac
#bdcaa7  rgb(189, 202, 167)  hsl(82, 25%, 72%)  Sage