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#ACBCD3

#acbcd3 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#acbcd3 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.45% red, 73.73% green and 82.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.48% cyan, 10.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 17.25% black. Its hue angle is 215.38°, with 30.71% saturation and 75.1% 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 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 2.37.

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Relative luminance0.4944

Complementary

  1. #acbcd3
  2. #d3c3ac

Split complementary

  1. #acbcd3
  2. #d3b0ac
  3. #d0d3ac

Analogous

  1. #acd0d3
  2. #acbcd3
  3. #b0acd3

Triadic

  1. #acbcd3
  2. #d3acbc
  3. #bcd3ac

Tetradic

  1. #acbcd3
  2. #c3acd3
  3. #d3c3ac
  4. #bcd3ac

Square

  1. #acbcd3
  2. #d3acd0
  3. #d3c3ac
  4. #acd3b0

Monochromatic

  1. #506d96
  2. #7a94b9
  3. #acbcd3
  4. #dee4ee
  5. #f2f4f8

Shades

#acbcd3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #acbcd3
  2. #9ba9be
  3. #8a96a9
  4. #788494
  5. #67717f
  6. #565e6a
  7. #454b54
  8. #34383f
  9. #22262a
  10. #111315
  11. #000000

Tints

#acbcd3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #acbcd3
  2. #b4c3d7
  3. #bdc9dc
  4. #c5d0e0
  5. #cdd7e5
  6. #d6dee9
  7. #dee4ed
  8. #e6ebf2
  9. #eef2f6
  10. #f7f8fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#acbcd3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #acbcd3
  2. #a8b6cb
  3. #a3b0c2
  4. #9faaba
  5. #9aa4b2
  6. #969eaa
  7. #9298a1
  8. #8d9299
  9. #898c91
  10. #848688
  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 #b5bbc5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b4bdd4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b0b9d2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a2c1c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1bcd4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #afbad3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a6bfca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-acbcd3 {
  color: #acbcd3;
}
Background
.bg-acbcd3 {
  background-color: #acbcd3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-acbcd3 {
  border: 2px solid #acbcd3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #acbcd3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 188 211;
  --color-primary-hsl: 215 31% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-acbcd3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #acbcd3, #b0acd3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-acbcd3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 188 211 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 2.37 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.40 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.09 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 8.11 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 9.25 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 10.41 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 11.01 #53432c Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#acbcd3  rgb(172, 188, 211)  hsl(215, 31%, 75%)  Light Steel Blue
#d3c3ac  rgb(211, 195, 172)  hsl(35, 31%, 75%)  Bone
#d3acbc  rgb(211, 172, 188)  hsl(335, 31%, 75%)  Thistle
#bcd3ac  rgb(188, 211, 172)  hsl(95, 31%, 75%)  Celadon