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#ACCEF9

#accef9 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#accef9 is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.45% red, 80.78% green and 97.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.92% cyan, 17.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 2.35% black. Its hue angle is 213.51°, with 86.52% saturation and 82.55% 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 12.95:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 5.38.

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Relative luminance0.5975

Complementary

  1. #accef9
  2. #f9d7ac

Split complementary

  1. #accef9
  2. #f9b1ac
  3. #f4f9ac

Analogous

  1. #acf4f9
  2. #accef9
  3. #b1acf9

Triadic

  1. #accef9
  2. #f9acce
  3. #cef9ac

Tetradic

  1. #accef9
  2. #d7acf9
  3. #f9d7ac
  4. #cef9ac

Square

  1. #accef9
  2. #f9acf4
  3. #f9d7ac
  4. #acf9b1

Monochromatic

  1. #1d7aef
  2. #65a4f4
  3. #accef9
  4. #ecf4fe
  5. #ecf4fe

Shades

#accef9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #accef9
  2. #9bb9e0
  3. #8aa5c7
  4. #7890ae
  5. #677c95
  6. #56677d
  7. #455264
  8. #343e4b
  9. #222932
  10. #111519
  11. #000000

Tints

#accef9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #accef9
  2. #b4d3fa
  3. #bdd8fa
  4. #c5ddfb
  5. #cde2fb
  6. #d6e7fc
  7. #deebfd
  8. #e6f0fd
  9. #eef5fe
  10. #f7fafe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#accef9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #accef9
  2. #a8c6ed
  3. #a3bee1
  4. #9fb7d5
  5. #9aafc9
  6. #96a7bd
  7. #929fb0
  8. #8d97a4
  9. #899098
  10. #84888c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.95:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cbcbcb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bfccdf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bfcffb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6c8f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #95d7dc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b7cffa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b2caf8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9fd4e8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-accef9 {
  color: #accef9;
}
Background
.bg-accef9 {
  background-color: #accef9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-accef9 {
  border: 2px solid #accef9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #accef9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 206 249;
  --color-primary-hsl: 214 87% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-accef9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #accef9, #b1acf9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-accef9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 206 249 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.38 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.55 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.81 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 8.54 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.98 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.36 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 10.42 #533106 Inverted #cbcbcb Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#accef9  rgb(172, 206, 249)  hsl(214, 87%, 83%)  Light Steel Blue
#f9d7ac  rgb(249, 215, 172)  hsl(34, 87%, 83%)  Sunset
#f9acce  rgb(249, 172, 206)  hsl(334, 87%, 83%)  Carnation Pink
#cef9ac  rgb(206, 249, 172)  hsl(94, 87%, 83%)  Tea Green