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#A7BDE6

#a7bde6 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a7bde6 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 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.39% cyan, 17.83% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 219.05°, with 55.75% saturation and 77.84% 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 11.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.62.

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Relative luminance0.5032

Complementary

  1. #a7bde6
  2. #e6d0a7

Split complementary

  1. #a7bde6
  2. #e6b0a7
  3. #dce6a7

Analogous

  1. #a7dce6
  2. #a7bde6
  3. #b0a7e6

Triadic

  1. #a7bde6
  2. #e6a7bd
  3. #bde6a7

Tetradic

  1. #a7bde6
  2. #d0a7e6
  3. #e6d0a7
  4. #bde6a7

Square

  1. #a7bde6
  2. #e6a7dc
  3. #e6d0a7
  4. #a7e6b0

Monochromatic

  1. #3665be
  2. #6b90d5
  3. #a7bde6
  4. #e3eaf7
  5. #eff3fa

Shades

#a7bde6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a7bde6
  2. #96aacf
  3. #8697b8
  4. #7584a1
  5. #64718a
  6. #545f73
  7. #434c5c
  8. #323945
  9. #21262e
  10. #111317
  11. #000000

Tints

#a7bde6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a7bde6
  2. #b0c4e9
  3. #b9caeb
  4. #c1d1ee
  5. #cad7f0
  6. #d3def3
  7. #dce5f5
  8. #e5ebf8
  9. #edf2fa
  10. #f6f8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a7bde6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a7bde6
  2. #a3b7dc
  3. #9fb1d2
  4. #9babc7
  5. #97a5bd
  6. #949fb3
  7. #9098a9
  8. #8c929f
  9. #888c94
  10. #84868a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4bcce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b0bfe8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aab9e5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #96c5cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #acbee7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a9bbe5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9dc2d6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a7bde6 {
  color: #a7bde6;
}
Background
.bg-a7bde6 {
  background-color: #a7bde6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a7bde6 {
  border: 2px solid #a7bde6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a7bde6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 167 189 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 56% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a7bde6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a7bde6, #b0a7e6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a7bde6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(167 189 230 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.62 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.50 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.58 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.81 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.94 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.51 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 11.55 #584219 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#a7bde6  rgb(167, 189, 230)  hsl(219, 56%, 78%)  Light Steel Blue
#e6d0a7  rgb(230, 208, 167)  hsl(39, 56%, 78%)  Wheat
#e6a7bd  rgb(230, 167, 189)  hsl(339, 56%, 78%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#bde6a7  rgb(189, 230, 167)  hsl(99, 56%, 78%)  Granny Smith Apple