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#ABB8BD

#abb8bd ≈ Pastel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#abb8bd is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 72.16% green and 74.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 9.52% cyan, 2.65% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.88% black. Its hue angle is 196.67°, with 12% saturation and 70.59% 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 10.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Blue (#aec6cf), ΔE 4.86.

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Relative luminance0.4661

Complementary

  1. #abb8bd
  2. #bdb0ab

Split complementary

  1. #abb8bd
  2. #bdabaf
  3. #bdb9ab

Analogous

  1. #abbdb9
  2. #abb8bd
  3. #abafbd

Triadic

  1. #abb8bd
  2. #bdabb8
  3. #b8bdab

Tetradic

  1. #abb8bd
  2. #b0abbd
  3. #bdb0ab
  4. #b8bdab

Square

  1. #abb8bd
  2. #b9abbd
  3. #bdb0ab
  4. #afbdab

Monochromatic

  1. #5b6d74
  2. #80949b
  3. #abb8bd
  4. #d6dcdf
  5. #f4f5f6

Shades

#abb8bd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #abb8bd
  2. #9aa6aa
  3. #899397
  4. #788184
  5. #676e71
  6. #565c5f
  7. #444a4c
  8. #333739
  9. #222526
  10. #111213
  11. #000000

Tints

#abb8bd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #abb8bd
  2. #b3bfc4
  3. #bcc6ca
  4. #c4cdd1
  5. #cdd4d7
  6. #d5dcde
  7. #dde3e5
  8. #e6eaeb
  9. #eef1f2
  10. #f7f8f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#abb8bd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #abb8bd
  2. #a7b2b7
  3. #a2adb1
  4. #9ea7ab
  5. #9aa2a5
  6. #969c9f
  7. #919698
  8. #8d9192
  9. #898b8c
  10. #848686
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2b7b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5b7bd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2b5bd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a6bab9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1b7bd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #afb6bd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a8b9bb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-abb8bd {
  color: #abb8bd;
}
Background
.bg-abb8bd {
  background-color: #abb8bd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-abb8bd {
  border: 2px solid #abb8bd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #abb8bd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 184 189;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 12% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-abb8bd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abb8bd, #abafbd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-abb8bd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 184 189 / 0.35);
}

#aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 4.86 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 6.38 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 6.79 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 6.79 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 7.20 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 8.68 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.75 #544742 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Pastel Blue
#abb8bd  rgb(171, 184, 189)  hsl(197, 12%, 71%)  Pastel Blue
#bdb0ab  rgb(189, 176, 171)  hsl(17, 12%, 71%)  Silver Pink
#bdabb8  rgb(189, 171, 184)  hsl(317, 12%, 71%)  Pastel Purple
#b8bdab  rgb(184, 189, 171)  hsl(77, 12%, 71%)  Ash Gray