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#AAC7CA

#aac7ca ≈ Pastel Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aac7ca is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 78.04% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.84% cyan, 1.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 185.62°, with 23.19% saturation and 72.94% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Blue (#aec6cf), ΔE 3.75.

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Relative luminance0.5366

Complementary

  1. #aac7ca
  2. #caadaa

Split complementary

  1. #aac7ca
  2. #caaab7
  3. #cabdaa

Analogous

  1. #aacabd
  2. #aac7ca
  3. #aab7ca

Triadic

  1. #aac7ca
  2. #caaac7
  3. #c7caaa

Tetradic

  1. #aac7ca
  2. #adaaca
  3. #caadaa
  4. #c7caaa

Square

  1. #aac7ca
  2. #bdaaca
  3. #caadaa
  4. #b7caaa

Monochromatic

  1. #548287
  2. #7ba8ad
  3. #aac7ca
  4. #d9e6e7
  5. #f2f7f7

Shades

#aac7ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aac7ca
  2. #99b3b6
  3. #889fa2
  4. #778b8d
  5. #667779
  6. #556465
  7. #445051
  8. #333c3d
  9. #222828
  10. #111414
  11. #000000

Tints

#aac7ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aac7ca
  2. #b3cdcf
  3. #bbd2d5
  4. #c4d8da
  5. #ccdddf
  6. #d5e3e5
  7. #dde9ea
  8. #e6eeef
  9. #eef4f4
  10. #f7f9fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aac7ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aac7ca
  2. #a6c0c3
  3. #a2b9bb
  4. #9db2b4
  5. #99abac
  6. #95a4a5
  7. #919c9e
  8. #8d9596
  9. #888e8f
  10. #848787
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9c4c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2c4ca ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bcc0ca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a1c9c8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b9c5ca ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b5c3ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a5c8c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aac7ca {
  color: #aac7ca;
}
Background
.bg-aac7ca {
  background-color: #aac7ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aac7ca {
  border: 2px solid #aac7ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aac7ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 199 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 186 23% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aac7ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aac7ca, #aab7ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aac7ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 199 202 / 0.35);
}

#aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 3.75 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 4.72 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 6.10 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 6.91 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 7.56 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 7.81 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 8.05 #553835 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Pastel Blue
#aac7ca  rgb(170, 199, 202)  hsl(186, 23%, 73%)  Pastel Blue
#caadaa  rgb(202, 173, 170)  hsl(6, 23%, 73%)  Silver Pink
#caaac7  rgb(202, 170, 199)  hsl(306, 23%, 73%)  Lilac
#c7caaa  rgb(199, 202, 170)  hsl(66, 23%, 73%)  Sage