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#ACBBCB

#acbbcb ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#acbbcb 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 79.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.27% cyan, 7.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 210.97°, with 22.96% saturation and 73.53% 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 4.22.

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Relative luminance0.4862

Complementary

  1. #acbbcb
  2. #cbbcac

Split complementary

  1. #acbbcb
  2. #cbadac
  3. #cacbac

Analogous

  1. #accacb
  2. #acbbcb
  3. #adaccb

Triadic

  1. #acbbcb
  2. #cbacbb
  3. #bbcbac

Tetradic

  1. #acbbcb
  2. #bcaccb
  3. #cbbcac
  4. #bbcbac

Square

  1. #acbbcb
  2. #cbacca
  3. #cbbcac
  4. #accbad

Monochromatic

  1. #566e88
  2. #7d94ae
  3. #acbbcb
  4. #dbe2e8
  5. #f2f5f7

Shades

#acbbcb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #acbbcb
  2. #9ba8b7
  3. #8a96a2
  4. #78838e
  5. #67707a
  6. #565e66
  7. #454b51
  8. #34383d
  9. #222529
  10. #111314
  11. #000000

Tints

#acbbcb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #acbbcb
  2. #b4c2d0
  3. #bdc9d5
  4. #c5cfdb
  5. #cdd6e0
  6. #d6dde5
  7. #dee4ea
  8. #e6ebef
  9. #eef1f5
  10. #f7f8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#acbbcb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #acbbcb
  2. #a8b5c4
  3. #a3afbc
  4. #9fa9b5
  5. #9aa3ad
  6. #969ea6
  7. #92989e
  8. #8d9297
  9. #898c8f
  10. #848688
  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 #b4bac1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5bbcc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2b8cb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a4bfc0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2bbcc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #afb9cb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a7bdc4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-acbbcb {
  color: #acbbcb;
}
Background
.bg-acbbcb {
  background-color: #acbbcb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-acbbcb {
  border: 2px solid #acbbcb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #acbbcb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 187 203;
  --color-primary-hsl: 211 23% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-acbbcb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #acbbcb, #adaccb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-acbbcb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 187 203 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.22 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 5.95 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.57 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 8.48 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.59 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.60 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 9.44 #534434 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#acbbcb  rgb(172, 187, 203)  hsl(211, 23%, 74%)  Light Steel Blue
#cbbcac  rgb(203, 188, 172)  hsl(31, 23%, 74%)  Bone
#cbacbb  rgb(203, 172, 187)  hsl(331, 23%, 74%)  Thistle
#bbcbac  rgb(187, 203, 172)  hsl(91, 23%, 74%)  Ash Gray