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#abcbee ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#abcbee is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.06% red, 79.61% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.15% cyan, 14.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 211.34°, with 66.34% saturation and 80.2% 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 12.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 3.81.

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Relative luminance0.5754

Complementary

  1. #abcbee
  2. #eeceab

Split complementary

  1. #abcbee
  2. #eeadab
  3. #edeeab

Analogous

  1. #abedee
  2. #abcbee
  3. #adabee

Triadic

  1. #abcbee
  2. #eeabcb
  3. #cbeeab

Tetradic

  1. #abcbee
  2. #ceabee
  3. #eeceab
  4. #cbeeab

Square

  1. #abcbee
  2. #eeabed
  3. #eeceab
  4. #abeead

Monochromatic

  1. #2c7cd4
  2. #6ba4e1
  3. #abcbee
  4. #ebf2fb
  5. #eef4fc

Shades

#abcbee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #abcbee
  2. #9ab7d6
  3. #89a2be
  4. #788ea7
  5. #677a8f
  6. #566677
  7. #44515f
  8. #333d47
  9. #222930
  10. #111418
  11. #000000

Tints

#abcbee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #abcbee
  2. #b3d0f0
  3. #bcd5f1
  4. #c4dbf3
  5. #cde0f5
  6. #d5e5f7
  7. #ddeaf8
  8. #e6effa
  9. #eef5fc
  10. #f7fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#abcbee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #abcbee
  2. #a7c4e3
  3. #a2bcd8
  4. #9eb5cd
  5. #9aadc2
  6. #96a6b7
  7. #919eac
  8. #8d97a1
  9. #898f96
  10. #84888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c8c8c8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bdc9d8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #beccf0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6c5ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #98d3d6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b7cbef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2c7ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a0d0e0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-abcbee {
  color: #abcbee;
}
Background
.bg-abcbee {
  background-color: #abcbee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-abcbee {
  border: 2px solid #abcbee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #abcbee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 171 203 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 211 66% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-abcbee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #abcbee, #adabee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-abcbee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(171 203 238 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 3.81 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.92 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 7.05 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.41 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.46 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.82 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.36 #543411 Inverted #c8c8c8 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#abcbee  rgb(171, 203, 238)  hsl(211, 66%, 80%)  Light Steel Blue
#eeceab  rgb(238, 206, 171)  hsl(31, 66%, 80%)  Light Apricot
#eeabcb  rgb(238, 171, 203)  hsl(331, 66%, 80%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#cbeeab  rgb(203, 238, 171)  hsl(91, 66%, 80%)  Tea Green