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#ACBBCA

#acbbca ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#acbbca is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.45% red, 73.33% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 14.85% cyan, 7.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 210°, with 22.06% saturation and 73.33% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.58.

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Relative luminance0.4858

Complementary

  1. #acbbca
  2. #cabbac

Split complementary

  1. #acbbca
  2. #caacac
  3. #cacaac

Analogous

  1. #accaca
  2. #acbbca
  3. #acacca

Triadic

  1. #acbbca
  2. #caacbb
  3. #bbcaac

Tetradic

  1. #acbbca
  2. #bbacca
  3. #cabbac
  4. #bbcaac

Square

  1. #acbbca
  2. #caacca
  3. #cabbac
  4. #accaac

Monochromatic

  1. #566e87
  2. #7d95ac
  3. #acbbca
  4. #dbe1e8
  5. #f3f5f7

Shades

#acbbca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #acbbca
  2. #9ba8b6
  3. #8a96a2
  4. #78838d
  5. #677079
  6. #565e65
  7. #454b51
  8. #34383d
  9. #222528
  10. #111314
  11. #000000

Tints

#acbbca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #acbbca
  2. #b4c2cf
  3. #bdc9d5
  4. #c5cfda
  5. #cdd6df
  6. #d6dde5
  7. #dee4ea
  8. #e6ebef
  9. #eef1f4
  10. #f7f8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#acbbca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #acbbca
  2. #a8b5c3
  3. #a3afbb
  4. #9fa9b4
  5. #9aa3ac
  6. #969ea5
  7. #92989e
  8. #8d9296
  9. #898c8f
  10. #848687
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4bac0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5bbcb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2b8ca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a5bec0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2bbca ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b0b9ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a8bdc4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-acbbca {
  color: #acbbca;
}
Background
.bg-acbbca {
  background-color: #acbbca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-acbbca {
  border: 2px solid #acbbca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #acbbca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 187 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 22% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-acbbca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #acbbca, #acacca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-acbbca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 187 202 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.58 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 5.61 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.55 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 8.24 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.50 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.01 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 9.20 #534435 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#acbbca  rgb(172, 187, 202)  hsl(210, 22%, 73%)  Light Steel Blue
#cabbac  rgb(202, 187, 172)  hsl(30, 22%, 73%)  Bone
#caacbb  rgb(202, 172, 187)  hsl(330, 22%, 73%)  Pastel Purple
#bbcaac  rgb(187, 202, 172)  hsl(90, 22%, 73%)  Ash Gray