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#A7C3DF

#a7c3df ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a7c3df is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 65.49% red, 76.47% green and 87.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.11% cyan, 12.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 210°, with 46.67% saturation and 76.47% 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 11.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 2.51.

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Relative luminance0.5257

Complementary

  1. #a7c3df
  2. #dfc3a7

Split complementary

  1. #a7c3df
  2. #dfa7a7
  3. #dfdfa7

Analogous

  1. #a7dfdf
  2. #a7c3df
  3. #a7a7df

Triadic

  1. #a7c3df
  2. #dfa7c3
  3. #c3dfa7

Tetradic

  1. #a7c3df
  2. #c3a7df
  3. #dfc3a7
  4. #c3dfa7

Square

  1. #a7c3df
  2. #dfa7df
  3. #dfc3a7
  4. #a7dfa7

Monochromatic

  1. #3f76ae
  2. #6f9dcb
  3. #a7c3df
  4. #dfe9f3
  5. #f0f5fa

Shades

#a7c3df mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a7c3df
  2. #96b0c9
  3. #869cb2
  4. #75899c
  5. #647586
  6. #546270
  7. #434e59
  8. #323b43
  9. #21272d
  10. #111416
  11. #000000

Tints

#a7c3df mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a7c3df
  2. #b0c9e2
  3. #b9cfe5
  4. #c1d5e9
  5. #cadbec
  6. #d3e1ef
  7. #dce7f2
  8. #e5edf5
  9. #edf3f9
  10. #f6f9fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a7c3df mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a7c3df
  2. #a3bcd6
  3. #9fb6cc
  4. #9bafc3
  5. #97a8b9
  6. #94a2b0
  7. #909ba6
  8. #8c949d
  9. #888d93
  10. #84878a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b6c1cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8c3e0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2bdde ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #97c9cc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2c3e0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aec0df ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9ec7d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a7c3df {
  color: #a7c3df;
}
Background
.bg-a7c3df {
  background-color: #a7c3df;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a7c3df {
  border: 2px solid #a7c3df;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a7c3df;
  --color-primary-rgb: 167 195 223;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 47% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a7c3df {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a7c3df, #a7a7df);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a7c3df {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(167 195 223 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 2.51 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.52 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 6.93 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 7.48 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.16 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.64 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.95 #583c20 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#a7c3df  rgb(167, 195, 223)  hsl(210, 47%, 76%)  Light Steel Blue
#dfc3a7  rgb(223, 195, 167)  hsl(30, 47%, 76%)  Desert Sand
#dfa7c3  rgb(223, 167, 195)  hsl(330, 47%, 76%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#c3dfa7  rgb(195, 223, 167)  hsl(90, 47%, 76%)  Tea Green