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#A9B3BF

#a9b3bf ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a9b3bf is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.27% red, 70.2% green and 74.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 11.52% cyan, 6.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 212.73°, with 14.67% saturation and 70.59% 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 9.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 6.78.

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Relative luminance0.4444

Complementary

  1. #a9b3bf
  2. #bfb5a9

Split complementary

  1. #a9b3bf
  2. #bfaaa9
  3. #bebfa9

Analogous

  1. #a9bebf
  2. #a9b3bf
  3. #aaa9bf

Triadic

  1. #a9b3bf
  2. #bfa9b3
  3. #b3bfa9

Tetradic

  1. #a9b3bf
  2. #b5a9bf
  3. #bfb5a9
  4. #b3bfa9

Square

  1. #a9b3bf
  2. #bfa9be
  3. #bfb5a9
  4. #a9bfaa

Monochromatic

  1. #586677
  2. #7d8c9e
  3. #a9b3bf
  4. #d5dae0
  5. #f3f5f6

Shades

#a9b3bf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a9b3bf
  2. #98a1ac
  3. #878f99
  4. #767d86
  5. #656b73
  6. #555a60
  7. #44484c
  8. #333639
  9. #222426
  10. #111213
  11. #000000

Tints

#a9b3bf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a9b3bf
  2. #b2bbc5
  3. #bac2cc
  4. #c3cad2
  5. #cbd1d9
  6. #d4d9df
  7. #dde1e5
  8. #e5e8ec
  9. #eef0f2
  10. #f6f7f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a9b3bf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a9b3bf
  2. #a5aeb9
  3. #a1a9b2
  4. #9da4ac
  5. #999fa6
  6. #959aa0
  7. #909499
  8. #8c8f93
  9. #888a8d
  10. #848586
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aeb2b7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #afb3c0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #acb1bf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a4b6b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #adb3bf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #abb2bf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a6b5ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a9b3bf {
  color: #a9b3bf;
}
Background
.bg-a9b3bf {
  background-color: #a9b3bf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a9b3bf {
  border: 2px solid #a9b3bf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a9b3bf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 169 179 191;
  --color-primary-hsl: 213 15% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a9b3bf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a9b3bf, #aaa9bf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a9b3bf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(169 179 191 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.78 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 6.86 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 6.86 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 7.37 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 7.42 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.81 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.13 #564c40 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#a9b3bf  rgb(169, 179, 191)  hsl(213, 15%, 71%)  Light Steel Blue
#bfb5a9  rgb(191, 181, 169)  hsl(33, 15%, 71%)  Silver
#bfa9b3  rgb(191, 169, 179)  hsl(333, 15%, 71%)  Silver Pink
#b3bfa9  rgb(179, 191, 169)  hsl(93, 15%, 71%)  Ash Gray