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#AABDFF

#aabdff ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aabdff is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 74.12% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 33.33% cyan, 25.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 226.59°, with 100% saturation and 83.33% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 7.5.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.5216

Complementary

  1. #aabdff
  2. #ffecaa

Split complementary

  1. #aabdff
  2. #ffc1aa
  3. #e7ffaa

Analogous

  1. #aae7ff
  2. #aabdff
  3. #c1aaff

Triadic

  1. #aabdff
  2. #ffaabd
  3. #bdffaa

Tetradic

  1. #aabdff
  2. #ecaaff
  3. #ffecaa
  4. #bdffaa

Square

  1. #aabdff
  2. #ffaae7
  3. #ffecaa
  4. #aaffc1

Monochromatic

  1. #1146ff
  2. #5d82ff
  3. #aabdff
  4. #ebefff
  5. #ebefff

Shades

#aabdff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aabdff
  2. #99aae6
  3. #8897cc
  4. #7784b3
  5. #667199
  6. #555f80
  7. #444c66
  8. #33394d
  9. #222633
  10. #11131a
  11. #000000

Tints

#aabdff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aabdff
  2. #b3c4ff
  3. #bbcaff
  4. #c4d1ff
  5. #ccd7ff
  6. #d5deff
  7. #dde5ff
  8. #e6ebff
  9. #eef2ff
  10. #f7f8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aabdff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aabdff
  2. #a6b7f2
  3. #a2b1e6
  4. #9dabd9
  5. #99a5cc
  6. #959fc0
  7. #9198b3
  8. #8d92a6
  9. #888c99
  10. #84868d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7bedc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a8c3ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1bcfd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #92cad4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9c1ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a5bcfe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9cc5e6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aabdff {
  color: #aabdff;
}
Background
.bg-aabdff {
  background-color: #aabdff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aabdff {
  border: 2px solid #aabdff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aabdff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 189 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 227 100% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aabdff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aabdff, #c1aaff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aabdff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 189 255 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.50 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.09 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.13 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 11.55 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 12.30 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 12.94 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 12.98 #554200 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#aabdff  rgb(170, 189, 255)  hsl(227, 100%, 83%)  Light Steel Blue
#ffecaa  rgb(255, 236, 170)  hsl(47, 100%, 83%)  Vanilla
#ffaabd  rgb(255, 170, 189)  hsl(347, 100%, 83%)  Cherry Blossom Pink
#bdffaa  rgb(189, 255, 170)  hsl(107, 100%, 83%)  Pale Green