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#ACBBCD

#acbbcd ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#acbbcd 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 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 16.1% cyan, 8.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 212.73°, with 24.81% saturation and 73.92% 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 10.74:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 3.58.

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Relative luminance0.4872

Complementary

  1. #acbbcd
  2. #cdbeac

Split complementary

  1. #acbbcd
  2. #cdadac
  3. #cbcdac

Analogous

  1. #accbcd
  2. #acbbcd
  3. #adaccd

Triadic

  1. #acbbcd
  2. #cdacbb
  3. #bbcdac

Tetradic

  1. #acbbcd
  2. #beaccd
  3. #cdbeac
  4. #bbcdac

Square

  1. #acbbcd
  2. #cdaccb
  3. #cdbeac
  4. #accdad

Monochromatic

  1. #546d8c
  2. #7c94b0
  3. #acbbcd
  4. #dce2ea
  5. #f2f5f7

Shades

#acbbcd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #acbbcd
  2. #9ba8b9
  3. #8a96a4
  4. #788390
  5. #67707b
  6. #565e67
  7. #454b52
  8. #34383e
  9. #222529
  10. #111315
  11. #000000

Tints

#acbbcd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #acbbcd
  2. #b4c2d2
  3. #bdc9d7
  4. #c5cfdc
  5. #cdd6e1
  6. #d6dde6
  7. #dee4eb
  8. #e6ebf0
  9. #eef1f5
  10. #f7f8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#acbbcd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #acbbcd
  2. #a8b5c5
  3. #a3afbe
  4. #9fa9b6
  5. #9aa3ae
  6. #969ea7
  7. #92989f
  8. #8d9297
  9. #898c8f
  10. #848688
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4bac2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5bbce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b1b8cd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a4bfc1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1bbce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #afb9cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a7bdc6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-acbbcd {
  color: #acbbcd;
}
Background
.bg-acbbcd {
  background-color: #acbbcd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-acbbcd {
  border: 2px solid #acbbcd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #acbbcd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 187 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 213 25% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-acbbcd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #acbbcd, #adaccd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-acbbcd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 187 205 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 3.58 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 6.65 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.72 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.81 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.82 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 9.00 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 9.93 #534432 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#acbbcd  rgb(172, 187, 205)  hsl(213, 25%, 74%)  Light Steel Blue
#cdbeac  rgb(205, 190, 172)  hsl(33, 25%, 74%)  Bone
#cdacbb  rgb(205, 172, 187)  hsl(333, 25%, 74%)  Thistle
#bbcdac  rgb(187, 205, 172)  hsl(93, 25%, 74%)  Tea Green