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#ABBFEE

#abbfee ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#abbfee is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 74.9% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.15% cyan, 19.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 222.09°, with 66.34% saturation and 80.2% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.42:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 5.75.

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Relative luminance0.5209

Complementary

  1. #abbfee
  2. #eedaab

Split complementary

  1. #abbfee
  2. #eeb9ab
  3. #e1eeab

Analogous

  1. #abe1ee
  2. #abbfee
  3. #b9abee

Triadic

  1. #abbfee
  2. #eeabbf
  3. #bfeeab

Tetradic

  1. #abbfee
  2. #daabee
  3. #eedaab
  4. #bfeeab

Square

  1. #abbfee
  2. #eeabe1
  3. #eedaab
  4. #abeeb9

Monochromatic

  1. #2c5ed4
  2. #6b8fe1
  3. #abbfee
  4. #ebeffb
  5. #eef2fc

Shades

#abbfee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #abbfee
  2. #9aacd6
  3. #8999be
  4. #7886a7
  5. #67738f
  6. #566077
  7. #444c5f
  8. #333947
  9. #222630
  10. #111318
  11. #000000

Tints

#abbfee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #abbfee
  2. #b3c5f0
  3. #bcccf1
  4. #c4d2f3
  5. #cdd9f5
  6. #d5dff7
  7. #dde5f8
  8. #e6ecfa
  9. #eef2fc
  10. #f7f9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#abbfee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #abbfee
  2. #a7b9e3
  3. #a2b2d8
  4. #9eaccd
  5. #9aa6c2
  6. #96a0b7
  7. #9199ac
  8. #8d93a1
  9. #898d96
  10. #84868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7bfd3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b0c2f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aabced ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #99c8cf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aec1ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #abbded ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a1c5dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-abbfee {
  color: #abbfee;
}
Background
.bg-abbfee {
  background-color: #abbfee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-abbfee {
  border: 2px solid #abbfee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #abbfee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 191 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 222 66% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-abbfee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abbfee, #b9abee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-abbfee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 191 238 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.75 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.10 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.37 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 10.65 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 12.07 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 12.36 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 12.38 #544011 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#abbfee  rgb(171, 191, 238)  hsl(222, 66%, 80%)  Light Steel Blue
#eedaab  rgb(238, 218, 171)  hsl(42, 66%, 80%)  Wheat
#eeabbf  rgb(238, 171, 191)  hsl(342, 66%, 80%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#bfeeab  rgb(191, 238, 171)  hsl(102, 66%, 80%)  Granny Smith Apple