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#AAB5CA

#aab5ca ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aab5ca is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 70.98% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.84% cyan, 10.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 219.37°, with 23.19% saturation and 72.94% 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 10.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.78.

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Relative luminance0.4586

Complementary

  1. #aab5ca
  2. #cabfaa

Split complementary

  1. #aab5ca
  2. #caafaa
  3. #c5caaa

Analogous

  1. #aac5ca
  2. #aab5ca
  3. #afaaca

Triadic

  1. #aab5ca
  2. #caaab5
  3. #b5caaa

Tetradic

  1. #aab5ca
  2. #bfaaca
  3. #cabfaa
  4. #b5caaa

Square

  1. #aab5ca
  2. #caaac5
  3. #cabfaa
  4. #aacaaf

Monochromatic

  1. #546687
  2. #7b8cad
  3. #aab5ca
  4. #d9dee7
  5. #f2f4f7

Shades

#aab5ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aab5ca
  2. #99a3b6
  3. #8891a2
  4. #777f8d
  5. #666d79
  6. #555b65
  7. #444851
  8. #33363d
  9. #222428
  10. #111214
  11. #000000

Tints

#aab5ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aab5ca
  2. #b3bccf
  3. #bbc4d5
  4. #c4cbda
  5. #ccd3df
  6. #d5dae5
  7. #dde1ea
  8. #e6e9ef
  9. #eef0f4
  10. #f7f8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aab5ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aab5ca
  2. #a6b0c3
  3. #a2aabb
  4. #9da5b4
  5. #99a0ac
  6. #959ba5
  7. #91959e
  8. #8d9096
  9. #888b8f
  10. #848587
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b0b5bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #afb6cb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #acb3c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a2b9bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #adb6cb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #abb4ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a6b7c2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aab5ca {
  color: #aab5ca;
}
Background
.bg-aab5ca {
  background-color: #aab5ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aab5ca {
  border: 2px solid #aab5ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aab5ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 181 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 23% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aab5ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aab5ca, #afaaca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aab5ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 181 202 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.78 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.28 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.23 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 9.42 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 9.90 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 9.94 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 9.94 #554a35 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#aab5ca  rgb(170, 181, 202)  hsl(219, 23%, 73%)  Light Steel Blue
#cabfaa  rgb(202, 191, 170)  hsl(39, 23%, 73%)  Bone
#caaab5  rgb(202, 170, 181)  hsl(339, 23%, 73%)  Silver Pink
#b5caaa  rgb(181, 202, 170)  hsl(99, 23%, 73%)  Dark Sea Green