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#ABC8EA

#abc8ea ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#abc8ea is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 78.43% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.92% cyan, 14.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 212.38°, with 60% saturation and 79.41% 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 12.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 2.97.

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Relative luminance0.5591

Complementary

  1. #abc8ea
  2. #eacdab

Split complementary

  1. #abc8ea
  2. #eaadab
  3. #e7eaab

Analogous

  1. #abe7ea
  2. #abc8ea
  3. #adabea

Triadic

  1. #abc8ea
  2. #eaabc8
  3. #c8eaab

Tetradic

  1. #abc8ea
  2. #cdabea
  3. #eacdab
  4. #c8eaab

Square

  1. #abc8ea
  2. #eaabe7
  3. #eacdab
  4. #abeaad

Monochromatic

  1. #3278ca
  2. #6ea0db
  3. #abc8ea
  4. #e8f0f9
  5. #eff4fb

Shades

#abc8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #abc8ea
  2. #9ab4d3
  3. #89a0bb
  4. #788ca4
  5. #67788c
  6. #566475
  7. #44505e
  8. #333c46
  9. #22282f
  10. #111417
  11. #000000

Tints

#abc8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #abc8ea
  2. #b3ceec
  3. #bcd3ee
  4. #c4d9f0
  5. #cddef2
  6. #d5e4f5
  7. #dde9f7
  8. #e6eff9
  9. #eef4fb
  10. #f7fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#abc8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #abc8ea
  2. #a7c1df
  3. #a2bad5
  4. #9eb2ca
  5. #9aabc0
  6. #96a4b5
  7. #919daa
  8. #8d96a0
  9. #898e95
  10. #84878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbc6d5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bcc9ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b4c2e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #99cfd3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b5c8eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b1c5ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a1cddd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-abc8ea {
  color: #abc8ea;
}
Background
.bg-abc8ea {
  background-color: #abc8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-abc8ea {
  border: 2px solid #abc8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #abc8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 200 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 212 60% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-abc8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abc8ea, #adabea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-abc8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 200 234 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 2.97 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.13 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 7.52 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.21 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.08 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.19 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.37 #543715 Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#abc8ea  rgb(171, 200, 234)  hsl(212, 60%, 79%)  Light Steel Blue
#eacdab  rgb(234, 205, 171)  hsl(32, 60%, 79%)  Light Apricot
#eaabc8  rgb(234, 171, 200)  hsl(332, 60%, 79%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#c8eaab  rgb(200, 234, 171)  hsl(92, 60%, 79%)  Tea Green