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#ADB9C8

#adb9c8 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#adb9c8 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 72.55% green and 78.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.5% cyan, 7.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 213.33°, with 19.71% saturation and 73.14% 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 10.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.84.

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Relative luminance0.4775

Complementary

  1. #adb9c8
  2. #c8bcad

Split complementary

  1. #adb9c8
  2. #c8afad
  3. #c7c8ad

Analogous

  1. #adc7c8
  2. #adb9c8
  3. #afadc8

Triadic

  1. #adb9c8
  2. #c8adb9
  3. #b9c8ad

Tetradic

  1. #adb9c8
  2. #bcadc8
  3. #c8bcad
  4. #b9c8ad

Square

  1. #adb9c8
  2. #c8adc7
  3. #c8bcad
  4. #adc8af

Monochromatic

  1. #586c84
  2. #7f92a9
  3. #adb9c8
  4. #dbe0e7
  5. #f3f5f7

Shades

#adb9c8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #adb9c8
  2. #9ca7b4
  3. #8a94a0
  4. #79828c
  5. #686f78
  6. #575d64
  7. #454a50
  8. #34383c
  9. #232528
  10. #111314
  11. #000000

Tints

#adb9c8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #adb9c8
  2. #b5c0ce
  3. #bdc7d3
  4. #c6ced9
  5. #ced5de
  6. #d6dce4
  7. #dee3e9
  8. #e6eaef
  9. #eff1f4
  10. #f7f8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#adb9c8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #adb9c8
  2. #a9b3c1
  3. #a4aeba
  4. #a0a8b2
  5. #9ba2ab
  6. #979da4
  7. #92979d
  8. #8e9196
  9. #898b8e
  10. #858687
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b4b8be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b4b9c9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b1b7c8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a7bcbe ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1b9c8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #afb8c8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a9bbc2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-adb9c8 {
  color: #adb9c8;
}
Background
.bg-adb9c8 {
  background-color: #adb9c8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-adb9c8 {
  border: 2px solid #adb9c8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #adb9c8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 185 200;
  --color-primary-hsl: 213 20% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-adb9c8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #adb9c8, #afadc8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-adb9c8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 185 200 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.84 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 6.74 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 7.45 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 7.88 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.23 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 8.61 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 8.61 #524637 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#adb9c8  rgb(173, 185, 200)  hsl(213, 20%, 73%)  Light Steel Blue
#c8bcad  rgb(200, 188, 173)  hsl(33, 20%, 73%)  Bone
#c8adb9  rgb(200, 173, 185)  hsl(333, 20%, 73%)  Silver Pink
#b9c8ad  rgb(185, 200, 173)  hsl(93, 20%, 73%)  Ash Gray