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#ABC5FF

#abc5ff ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#abc5ff is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 77.25% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.94% cyan, 22.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 221.43°, with 100% saturation and 83.53% 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 12.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 6.8.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.5581

Complementary

  1. #abc5ff
  2. #ffe5ab

Split complementary

  1. #abc5ff
  2. #ffbbab
  3. #efffab

Analogous

  1. #abefff
  2. #abc5ff
  3. #bbabff

Triadic

  1. #abc5ff
  2. #ffabc5
  3. #c5ffab

Tetradic

  1. #abc5ff
  2. #e5abff
  3. #ffe5ab
  4. #c5ffab

Square

  1. #abc5ff
  2. #ffabef
  3. #ffe5ab
  4. #abffbb

Monochromatic

  1. #125bff
  2. #5f90ff
  3. #abc5ff
  4. #ebf1ff
  5. #ebf1ff

Shades

#abc5ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #abc5ff
  2. #9ab1e6
  3. #899ecc
  4. #788ab3
  5. #677699
  6. #566380
  7. #444f66
  8. #333b4d
  9. #222733
  10. #11141a
  11. #000000

Tints

#abc5ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #abc5ff
  2. #b3cbff
  3. #bcd1ff
  4. #c4d6ff
  5. #cddcff
  6. #d5e2ff
  7. #dde8ff
  8. #e6eeff
  9. #eef3ff
  10. #f7f9ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#abc5ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #abc5ff
  2. #a7bef2
  3. #a2b7e6
  4. #9eb0d9
  5. #9aa9cc
  6. #96a3c0
  7. #919cb3
  8. #8d95a6
  9. #898e99
  10. #84878d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbc5df ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b2c9ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aac2fe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #93d1d9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #afc7ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aac3fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9dcce9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-abc5ff {
  color: #abc5ff;
}
Background
.bg-abc5ff {
  background-color: #abc5ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-abc5ff {
  border: 2px solid #abc5ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #abc5ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 197 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 100% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-abc5ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abc5ff, #bbabff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-abc5ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 197 255 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.80 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.47 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.99 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 10.53 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.02 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.23 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 11.89 #543a00 Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#abc5ff  rgb(171, 197, 255)  hsl(221, 100%, 84%)  Light Steel Blue
#ffe5ab  rgb(255, 229, 171)  hsl(41, 100%, 84%)  Peach
#ffabc5  rgb(255, 171, 197)  hsl(341, 100%, 84%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#c5ffab  rgb(197, 255, 171)  hsl(101, 100%, 84%)  Pale Green