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#AABDC6

#aabdc6 ≈ Pastel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aabdc6 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 74.12% green and 77.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 14.14% cyan, 4.55% magenta, 0% yellow and 22.35% black. Its hue angle is 199.29°, with 19.72% saturation and 72.16% 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 10.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Blue (#aec6cf), ΔE 2.71.

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Relative luminance0.4902

Complementary

  1. #aabdc6
  2. #c6b3aa

Split complementary

  1. #aabdc6
  2. #c6aaaf
  3. #c6c1aa

Analogous

  1. #aac6c1
  2. #aabdc6
  3. #aaafc6

Triadic

  1. #aabdc6
  2. #c6aabd
  3. #bdc6aa

Tetradic

  1. #aabdc6
  2. #b3aac6
  3. #c6b3aa
  4. #bdc6aa

Square

  1. #aabdc6
  2. #c1aac6
  3. #c6b3aa
  4. #afc6aa

Monochromatic

  1. #567381
  2. #7c99a7
  3. #aabdc6
  4. #d8e1e5
  5. #f3f6f7

Shades

#aabdc6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aabdc6
  2. #99aab2
  3. #88979e
  4. #77848b
  5. #667177
  6. #555f63
  7. #444c4f
  8. #33393b
  9. #222628
  10. #111314
  11. #000000

Tints

#aabdc6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aabdc6
  2. #b3c4cc
  3. #bbcad1
  4. #c4d1d7
  5. #ccd7dd
  6. #d5dee3
  7. #dde5e8
  8. #e6ebee
  9. #eef2f4
  10. #f7f8f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aabdc6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aabdc6
  2. #a6b7bf
  3. #a2b1b8
  4. #9dabb1
  5. #99a5aa
  6. #959fa3
  7. #91989c
  8. #8d9295
  9. #888c8e
  10. #848687
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4bbbf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8bcc7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b4b8c6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a3c0c0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b3bcc6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b0bac6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a6bfc2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aabdc6 {
  color: #aabdc6;
}
Background
.bg-aabdc6 {
  background-color: #aabdc6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aabdc6 {
  border: 2px solid #aabdc6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aabdc6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 189 198;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 20% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aabdc6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aabdc6, #aaafc6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aabdc6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 189 198 / 0.35);
}

#aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 2.71 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.71 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.46 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 7.74 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 8.11 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 8.56 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 8.82 #554239 Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Pastel Blue
#aabdc6  rgb(170, 189, 198)  hsl(199, 20%, 72%)  Pastel Blue
#c6b3aa  rgb(198, 179, 170)  hsl(19, 20%, 72%)  Silver Pink
#c6aabd  rgb(198, 170, 189)  hsl(319, 20%, 72%)  Pastel Purple
#bdc6aa  rgb(189, 198, 170)  hsl(79, 20%, 72%)  Ash Gray