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#A9BCDE

#a9bcde ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#a9bcde is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.27% red, 73.73% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.87% cyan, 15.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 218.49°, with 44.54% saturation and 76.67% 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 10.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 3.49.

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Relative luminance0.4968

Complementary

  1. #a9bcde
  2. #decba9

Split complementary

  1. #a9bcde
  2. #deb1a9
  3. #d7dea9

Analogous

  1. #a9d7de
  2. #a9bcde
  3. #b1a9de

Triadic

  1. #a9bcde
  2. #dea9bc
  3. #bcdea9

Tetradic

  1. #a9bcde
  2. #cba9de
  3. #decba9
  4. #bcdea9

Square

  1. #a9bcde
  2. #dea9d7
  3. #decba9
  4. #a9deb1

Monochromatic

  1. #4268ac
  2. #7291c9
  3. #a9bcde
  4. #e0e7f3
  5. #f0f4f9

Shades

#a9bcde mixed progressively with black.

  1. #a9bcde
  2. #98a9c8
  3. #8796b2
  4. #76849b
  5. #657185
  6. #555e6f
  7. #444b59
  8. #333843
  9. #22262c
  10. #111316
  11. #000000

Tints

#a9bcde mixed progressively with white.

  1. #a9bcde
  2. #b2c3e1
  3. #bac9e5
  4. #c3d0e8
  5. #cbd7eb
  6. #d4deef
  7. #dde4f2
  8. #e5ebf5
  9. #eef2f8
  10. #f6f8fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#a9bcde mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #a9bcde
  2. #a5b6d5
  3. #a1b0cb
  4. #9daac2
  5. #99a4b8
  6. #959eaf
  7. #9098a6
  8. #8c929c
  9. #888c93
  10. #848689
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.92:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4bbca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b1bee0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #acb9dd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9bc3c7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aebddf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #abbade ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a1c0d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-a9bcde {
  color: #a9bcde;
}
Background
.bg-a9bcde {
  background-color: #a9bcde;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-a9bcde {
  border: 2px solid #a9bcde;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #a9bcde;
  --color-primary-rgb: 169 188 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 218 45% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-a9bcde {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a9bcde, #b1a9de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-a9bcde {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(169 188 222 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 3.49 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 4.82 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.91 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.98 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 10.94 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 11.13 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.25 #564321 Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#a9bcde  rgb(169, 188, 222)  hsl(218, 45%, 77%)  Light Steel Blue
#decba9  rgb(222, 203, 169)  hsl(38, 45%, 77%)  Wheat
#dea9bc  rgb(222, 169, 188)  hsl(338, 45%, 77%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#bcdea9  rgb(188, 222, 169)  hsl(98, 45%, 77%)  Celadon