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#ABBED9

#abbed9 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#abbed9 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 74.51% green and 85.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.2% cyan, 12.44% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 215.22°, with 37.7% saturation and 76.08% 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 11.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 1.63.

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Relative luminance0.5049

Complementary

  1. #abbed9
  2. #d9c6ab

Split complementary

  1. #abbed9
  2. #d9afab
  3. #d5d9ab

Analogous

  1. #abd5d9
  2. #abbed9
  3. #afabd9

Triadic

  1. #abbed9
  2. #d9abbe
  3. #bed9ab

Tetradic

  1. #abbed9
  2. #c6abd9
  3. #d9c6ab
  4. #bed9ab

Square

  1. #abbed9
  2. #d9abd5
  3. #d9c6ab
  4. #abd9af

Monochromatic

  1. #496ea2
  2. #7695c1
  3. #abbed9
  4. #e0e7f1
  5. #f1f4f9

Shades

#abbed9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #abbed9
  2. #9aabc3
  3. #8998ae
  4. #788598
  5. #677282
  6. #565f6d
  7. #444c57
  8. #333941
  9. #22262b
  10. #111316
  11. #000000

Tints

#abbed9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #abbed9
  2. #b3c5dd
  3. #bccbe1
  4. #c4d2e4
  5. #cdd8e8
  6. #d5dfec
  7. #dde5f0
  8. #e6ecf4
  9. #eef2f7
  10. #f7f9fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#abbed9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #abbed9
  2. #a7b8d0
  3. #a2b2c7
  4. #9eabbe
  5. #9aa5b5
  6. #969fad
  7. #9199a4
  8. #8d939b
  9. #898c92
  10. #848689
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b6bdc8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5bfda ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b0bad8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9fc4c7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1bfda ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aebcd9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a4c1ce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-abbed9 {
  color: #abbed9;
}
Background
.bg-abbed9 {
  background-color: #abbed9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-abbed9 {
  border: 2px solid #abbed9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #abbed9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 190 217;
  --color-primary-hsl: 215 38% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-abbed9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abbed9, #afabd9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-abbed9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 190 217 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 1.63 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.29 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.04 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 8.74 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 9.08 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.27 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.28 #544126 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#abbed9  rgb(171, 190, 217)  hsl(215, 38%, 76%)  Light Steel Blue
#d9c6ab  rgb(217, 198, 171)  hsl(35, 38%, 76%)  Tan
#d9abbe  rgb(217, 171, 190)  hsl(335, 38%, 76%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#bed9ab  rgb(190, 217, 171)  hsl(95, 38%, 76%)  Tea Green