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#ACBAD8

#acbad8 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#acbad8 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.45% red, 72.94% green and 84.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.37% cyan, 13.89% magenta, 0% yellow and 15.29% black. Its hue angle is 220.91°, with 36.07% saturation and 76.08% 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 10.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 3.96.

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Relative luminance0.4885

Complementary

  1. #acbad8
  2. #d8caac

Split complementary

  1. #acbad8
  2. #d8b4ac
  3. #d0d8ac

Analogous

  1. #acd0d8
  2. #acbad8
  3. #b4acd8

Triadic

  1. #acbad8
  2. #d8acba
  3. #bad8ac

Tetradic

  1. #acbad8
  2. #caacd8
  3. #d8caac
  4. #bad8ac

Square

  1. #acbad8
  2. #d8acd0
  3. #d8caac
  4. #acd8b4

Monochromatic

  1. #4b66a0
  2. #788fc0
  3. #acbad8
  4. #e0e5f0
  5. #f1f3f8

Shades

#acbad8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #acbad8
  2. #9ba7c2
  3. #8a95ad
  4. #788297
  5. #677082
  6. #565d6c
  7. #454a56
  8. #343841
  9. #22252b
  10. #111316
  11. #000000

Tints

#acbad8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #acbad8
  2. #b4c1dc
  3. #bdc8e0
  4. #c5cfe4
  5. #cdd6e8
  6. #d6ddec
  7. #dee3ef
  8. #e6eaf3
  9. #eef1f7
  10. #f7f8fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#acbad8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #acbad8
  2. #a8b4cf
  3. #a3aec6
  4. #9fa9be
  5. #9aa3b5
  6. #969dac
  7. #9297a3
  8. #8d919a
  9. #898c92
  10. #848689
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4bac6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b1bcd9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #adb8d7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a1c0c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #afbbd9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #adb9d8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a6becc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-acbad8 {
  color: #acbad8;
}
Background
.bg-acbad8 {
  background-color: #acbad8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-acbad8 {
  border: 2px solid #acbad8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #acbad8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 186 216;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 36% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-acbad8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #acbad8, #b4acd8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-acbad8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 186 216 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 3.96 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 4.01 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.90 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.36 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 11.07 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 11.55 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.88 #534527 Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#acbad8  rgb(172, 186, 216)  hsl(221, 36%, 76%)  Light Steel Blue
#d8caac  rgb(216, 202, 172)  hsl(41, 36%, 76%)  Pearl
#d8acba  rgb(216, 172, 186)  hsl(341, 36%, 76%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#bad8ac  rgb(186, 216, 172)  hsl(101, 36%, 76%)  Celadon