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#ABBACC

#abbacc ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#abbacc is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 72.94% green and 80% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 16.18% cyan, 8.82% magenta, 0% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 212.73°, with 24.44% saturation and 73.53% 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 10.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 3.75.

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Relative luminance0.4814

Complementary

  1. #abbacc
  2. #ccbdab

Split complementary

  1. #abbacc
  2. #ccadab
  3. #caccab

Analogous

  1. #abcacc
  2. #abbacc
  3. #adabcc

Triadic

  1. #abbacc
  2. #ccabba
  3. #baccab

Tetradic

  1. #abbacc
  2. #bdabcc
  3. #ccbdab
  4. #baccab

Square

  1. #abbacc
  2. #ccabca
  3. #ccbdab
  4. #abccad

Monochromatic

  1. #546d8a
  2. #7b93af
  3. #abbacc
  4. #dbe1e9
  5. #f2f5f7

Shades

#abbacc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #abbacc
  2. #9aa7b8
  3. #8995a3
  4. #78828f
  5. #67707a
  6. #565d66
  7. #444a52
  8. #33383d
  9. #222529
  10. #111314
  11. #000000

Tints

#abbacc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #abbacc
  2. #b3c1d1
  3. #bcc8d6
  4. #c4cfdb
  5. #cdd6e0
  6. #d5dde6
  7. #dde3eb
  8. #e6eaf0
  9. #eef1f5
  10. #f7f8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#abbacc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #abbacc
  2. #a7b4c4
  3. #a2aebd
  4. #9ea9b5
  5. #9aa3ae
  6. #969da6
  7. #91979e
  8. #8d9197
  9. #898c8f
  10. #848688
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3b9c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b4bacd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b0b7cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a3bec0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0bacd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aeb8cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a6bcc5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-abbacc {
  color: #abbacc;
}
Background
.bg-abbacc {
  background-color: #abbacc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-abbacc {
  border: 2px solid #abbacc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #abbacc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 186 204;
  --color-primary-hsl: 213 24% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-abbacc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abbacc, #adabcc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-abbacc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 186 204 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 3.75 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 6.74 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.95 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.70 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 9.02 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 9.06 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 9.82 #544533 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#abbacc  rgb(171, 186, 204)  hsl(213, 24%, 74%)  Light Steel Blue
#ccbdab  rgb(204, 189, 171)  hsl(33, 24%, 74%)  Bone
#ccabba  rgb(204, 171, 186)  hsl(333, 24%, 74%)  Pastel Purple
#baccab  rgb(186, 204, 171)  hsl(93, 24%, 74%)  Celadon