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#ACBBDB

#acbbdb ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#acbbdb is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.45% red, 73.33% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 21.46% cyan, 14.61% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 220.85°, with 39.5% saturation and 76.67% 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 10.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 3.97.

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Relative luminance0.4943

Complementary

  1. #acbbdb
  2. #dbccac

Split complementary

  1. #acbbdb
  2. #dbb5ac
  3. #d3dbac

Analogous

  1. #acd3db
  2. #acbbdb
  3. #b5acdb

Triadic

  1. #acbbdb
  2. #dbacbb
  3. #bbdbac

Tetradic

  1. #acbbdb
  2. #ccacdb
  3. #dbccac
  4. #bbdbac

Square

  1. #acbbdb
  2. #dbacd3
  3. #dbccac
  4. #acdbb5

Monochromatic

  1. #4866a6
  2. #778fc4
  3. #acbbdb
  4. #e1e7f2
  5. #f1f3f9

Shades

#acbbdb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #acbbdb
  2. #9ba8c5
  3. #8a96af
  4. #788399
  5. #677083
  6. #565e6e
  7. #454b58
  8. #343842
  9. #22252c
  10. #111316
  11. #000000

Tints

#acbbdb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #acbbdb
  2. #b4c2df
  3. #bdc9e2
  4. #c5cfe6
  5. #cdd6e9
  6. #d6dded
  7. #dee4f1
  8. #e6ebf4
  9. #eef1f8
  10. #f7f8fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#acbbdb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #acbbdb
  2. #a8b5d2
  3. #a3afc9
  4. #9fa9c0
  5. #9aa3b7
  6. #969eae
  7. #9298a4
  8. #8d929b
  9. #898c92
  10. #848689
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5bbc8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b1bddd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #adb9da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a0c1c5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #afbcdc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #adbadb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a5bfce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-acbbdb {
  color: #acbbdb;
}
Background
.bg-acbbdb {
  background-color: #acbbdb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-acbbdb {
  border: 2px solid #acbbdb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #acbbdb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 187 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 40% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-acbbdb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #acbbdb, #b5acdb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-acbbdb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 187 219 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 3.97 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 4.11 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.50 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.41 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 11.38 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 11.55 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.23 #534424 Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#acbbdb  rgb(172, 187, 219)  hsl(221, 40%, 77%)  Light Steel Blue
#dbccac  rgb(219, 204, 172)  hsl(41, 40%, 77%)  Pearl
#dbacbb  rgb(219, 172, 187)  hsl(341, 40%, 77%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#bbdbac  rgb(187, 219, 172)  hsl(101, 40%, 77%)  Celadon