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#AABDCF

#aabdcf ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aabdcf 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 81.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.87% cyan, 8.7% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 209.19°, with 27.82% saturation and 73.92% 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 10.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 3.62.

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Relative luminance0.4945

Complementary

  1. #aabdcf
  2. #cfbcaa

Split complementary

  1. #aabdcf
  2. #cfaaaa
  3. #cfceaa

Analogous

  1. #aacfce
  2. #aabdcf
  3. #aaaacf

Triadic

  1. #aabdcf
  2. #cfaabd
  3. #bdcfaa

Tetradic

  1. #aabdcf
  2. #bcaacf
  3. #cfbcaa
  4. #bdcfaa

Square

  1. #aabdcf
  2. #ceaacf
  3. #cfbcaa
  4. #aacfaa

Monochromatic

  1. #51718f
  2. #7997b3
  3. #aabdcf
  4. #dbe3eb
  5. #f2f5f8

Shades

#aabdcf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aabdcf
  2. #99aaba
  3. #8897a6
  4. #778491
  5. #66717c
  6. #555f68
  7. #444c53
  8. #33393e
  9. #222629
  10. #111315
  11. #000000

Tints

#aabdcf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aabdcf
  2. #b3c4d4
  3. #bbcad9
  4. #c4d1dd
  5. #ccd7e2
  6. #d5dee7
  7. #dde5ec
  8. #e6ebf1
  9. #eef2f5
  10. #f7f8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aabdcf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aabdcf
  2. #a6b7c7
  3. #a2b1bf
  4. #9dabb7
  5. #99a5af
  6. #959fa8
  7. #9198a0
  8. #8d9298
  9. #888c90
  10. #848688
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4bcc3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6bdd0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2b9cf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a1c1c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1bdd0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #afbbcf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a4c0c8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aabdcf {
  color: #aabdcf;
}
Background
.bg-aabdcf {
  background-color: #aabdcf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aabdcf {
  border: 2px solid #aabdcf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aabdcf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 189 207;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 28% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aabdcf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aabdcf, #aaaacf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aabdcf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 189 207 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 3.62 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 5.46 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.80 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 7.63 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.92 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 9.52 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 9.77 #554230 Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#aabdcf  rgb(170, 189, 207)  hsl(209, 28%, 74%)  Light Steel Blue
#cfbcaa  rgb(207, 188, 170)  hsl(29, 28%, 74%)  Desert Sand
#cfaabd  rgb(207, 170, 189)  hsl(329, 28%, 74%)  Lilac
#bdcfaa  rgb(189, 207, 170)  hsl(89, 28%, 74%)  Tea Green