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#ABBDD5

#abbdd5 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#abbdd5 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 74.12% green and 83.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.72% cyan, 11.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.47% black. Its hue angle is 214.29°, with 33.33% saturation and 75.29% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.97:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 1.9.

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Relative luminance0.4986

Complementary

  1. #abbdd5
  2. #d5c3ab

Split complementary

  1. #abbdd5
  2. #d5aeab
  3. #d2d5ab

Analogous

  1. #abd2d5
  2. #abbdd5
  3. #aeabd5

Triadic

  1. #abbdd5
  2. #d5abbd
  3. #bdd5ab

Tetradic

  1. #abbdd5
  2. #c3abd5
  3. #d5c3ab
  4. #bdd5ab

Square

  1. #abbdd5
  2. #d5abd2
  3. #d5c3ab
  4. #abd5ae

Monochromatic

  1. #4d6e9a
  2. #7895bb
  3. #abbdd5
  4. #dee5ee
  5. #f1f4f8

Shades

#abbdd5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #abbdd5
  2. #9aaac0
  3. #8997aa
  4. #788495
  5. #677180
  6. #565f6b
  7. #444c55
  8. #333940
  9. #22262b
  10. #111315
  11. #000000

Tints

#abbdd5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #abbdd5
  2. #b3c4d9
  3. #bccadd
  4. #c4d1e2
  5. #cdd7e6
  6. #d5deea
  7. #dde5ee
  8. #e6ebf2
  9. #eef2f7
  10. #f7f8fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#abbdd5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #abbdd5
  2. #a7b7cd
  3. #a2b1c4
  4. #9eabbc
  5. #9aa5b3
  6. #969fab
  7. #9198a2
  8. #8d929a
  9. #898c91
  10. #848689
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5bcc6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5bed6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b0b9d4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a0c2c5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1bdd6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aebbd5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a5c0cb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-abbdd5 {
  color: #abbdd5;
}
Background
.bg-abbdd5 {
  background-color: #abbdd5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-abbdd5 {
  border: 2px solid #abbdd5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #abbdd5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 189 213;
  --color-primary-hsl: 214 33% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-abbdd5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abbdd5, #aeabd5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-abbdd5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 189 213 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 1.90 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.69 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.74 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 7.93 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.82 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 10.83 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.03 #54422a Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#abbdd5  rgb(171, 189, 213)  hsl(214, 33%, 75%)  Light Steel Blue
#d5c3ab  rgb(213, 195, 171)  hsl(34, 33%, 75%)  Tan
#d5abbd  rgb(213, 171, 189)  hsl(334, 33%, 75%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#bdd5ab  rgb(189, 213, 171)  hsl(94, 33%, 75%)  Tea Green