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#A7C2FF

#a7c2ff ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#a7c2ff is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.49% red, 76.08% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 34.51% cyan, 23.92% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 221.59°, with 100% saturation and 82.75% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 7.06.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.5402

Complementary

  1. #a7c2ff
  2. #ffe4a7

Split complementary

  1. #a7c2ff
  2. #ffb8a7
  3. #eeffa7

Analogous

  1. #a7eeff
  2. #a7c2ff
  3. #b8a7ff

Triadic

  1. #a7c2ff
  2. #ffa7c2
  3. #c2ffa7

Tetradic

  1. #a7c2ff
  2. #e4a7ff
  3. #ffe4a7
  4. #c2ffa7

Square

  1. #a7c2ff
  2. #ffa7ee
  3. #ffe4a7
  4. #a7ffb8

Monochromatic

  1. #0e58ff
  2. #5b8dff
  3. #a7c2ff
  4. #ebf1ff
  5. #ebf1ff

Shades

#a7c2ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a7c2ff
  2. #96afe6
  3. #869bcc
  4. #7588b3
  5. #647499
  6. #546180
  7. #434e66
  8. #323a4d
  9. #212733
  10. #11131a
  11. #000000

Tints

#a7c2ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a7c2ff
  2. #b0c8ff
  3. #b9ceff
  4. #c1d4ff
  5. #cadaff
  6. #d3e1ff
  7. #dce7ff
  8. #e5edff
  9. #edf3ff
  10. #f6f9ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a7c2ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a7c2ff
  2. #a3bbf2
  3. #9fb5e6
  4. #9baed9
  5. #97a8cc
  6. #94a1c0
  7. #909ab3
  8. #8c94a6
  9. #888d99
  10. #84878d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8c2dd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aec6ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a5bffe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8dced7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #abc5ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a6c0fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #98cae8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a7c2ff {
  color: #a7c2ff;
}
Background
.bg-a7c2ff {
  background-color: #a7c2ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a7c2ff {
  border: 2px solid #a7c2ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a7c2ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 167 194 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 222 100% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a7c2ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a7c2ff, #b8a7ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a7c2ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(167 194 255 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.06 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.93 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 9.13 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 10.85 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.92 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.96 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.65 #583d00 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#a7c2ff  rgb(167, 194, 255)  hsl(222, 100%, 83%)  Light Steel Blue
#ffe4a7  rgb(255, 228, 167)  hsl(42, 100%, 83%)  Peach
#ffa7c2  rgb(255, 167, 194)  hsl(342, 100%, 83%)  Carnation Pink
#c2ffa7  rgb(194, 255, 167)  hsl(102, 100%, 83%)  Pale Green