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#ABC3DA

#abc3da ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#abc3da is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 76.47% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.56% cyan, 10.55% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 209.36°, with 38.84% saturation and 76.27% 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 11.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 2.32.

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Relative luminance0.5275

Complementary

  1. #abc3da
  2. #dac2ab

Split complementary

  1. #abc3da
  2. #daabab
  3. #dad9ab

Analogous

  1. #abdad9
  2. #abc3da
  3. #ababda

Triadic

  1. #abc3da
  2. #daabc3
  3. #c3daab

Tetradic

  1. #abc3da
  2. #c2abda
  3. #dac2ab
  4. #c3daab

Square

  1. #abc3da
  2. #d9abda
  3. #dac2ab
  4. #abdaab

Monochromatic

  1. #4877a4
  2. #769dc3
  3. #abc3da
  4. #e0e9f1
  5. #f1f5f9

Shades

#abc3da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #abc3da
  2. #9ab0c4
  3. #899cae
  4. #788999
  5. #677583
  6. #56626d
  7. #444e57
  8. #333b41
  9. #22272c
  10. #111416
  11. #000000

Tints

#abc3da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #abc3da
  2. #b3c9de
  3. #bccfe1
  4. #c4d5e5
  5. #cddbe9
  6. #d5e1ed
  7. #dde7f0
  8. #e6edf4
  9. #eef3f8
  10. #f7f9fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#abc3da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #abc3da
  2. #a7bcd1
  3. #a2b6c8
  4. #9eafbf
  5. #9aa8b6
  6. #96a2ad
  7. #919ba4
  8. #8d949b
  9. #898d92
  10. #848789
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8c1cb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bac3db ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b5beda ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9ec8ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b4c3db ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b1c0da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a4c6d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-abc3da {
  color: #abc3da;
}
Background
.bg-abc3da {
  background-color: #abc3da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-abc3da {
  border: 2px solid #abc3da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #abc3da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 195 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 39% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-abc3da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abc3da, #ababda);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-abc3da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 195 218 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 2.32 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 4.64 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 6.12 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 6.35 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 8.88 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.17 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.22 #543c25 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#abc3da  rgb(171, 195, 218)  hsl(209, 39%, 76%)  Light Steel Blue
#dac2ab  rgb(218, 194, 171)  hsl(29, 39%, 76%)  Desert Sand
#daabc3  rgb(218, 171, 195)  hsl(329, 39%, 76%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#c3daab  rgb(195, 218, 171)  hsl(89, 39%, 76%)  Tea Green