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#ADBFEA

#adbfea ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#adbfea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 74.9% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.07% cyan, 18.38% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 222.3°, with 59.22% saturation and 79.8% 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 11.42:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 5.32.

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Relative luminance0.5209

Complementary

  1. #adbfea
  2. #ead8ad

Split complementary

  1. #adbfea
  2. #eab9ad
  3. #ddeaad

Analogous

  1. #adddea
  2. #adbfea
  3. #b9adea

Triadic

  1. #adbfea
  2. #eaadbf
  3. #bfeaad

Tetradic

  1. #adbfea
  2. #d8adea
  3. #ead8ad
  4. #bfeaad

Square

  1. #adbfea
  2. #eaaddd
  3. #ead8ad
  4. #adeab9

Monochromatic

  1. #3460ca
  2. #708fda
  3. #adbfea
  4. #eaeffa
  5. #eff2fb

Shades

#adbfea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #adbfea
  2. #9cacd3
  3. #8a99bb
  4. #7986a4
  5. #68738c
  6. #576075
  7. #454c5e
  8. #343946
  9. #23262f
  10. #111317
  11. #000000

Tints

#adbfea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #adbfea
  2. #b5c5ec
  3. #bdccee
  4. #c6d2f0
  5. #ced9f2
  6. #d6dff5
  7. #dee5f7
  8. #e6ecf9
  9. #eff2fb
  10. #f7f9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#adbfea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #adbfea
  2. #a9b9df
  3. #a4b2d5
  4. #a0acca
  5. #9ba6c0
  6. #97a0b5
  7. #9299aa
  8. #8e93a0
  9. #898d95
  10. #85868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8bfd2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b2c2ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #acbde9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9dc7cd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0c1eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #adbee9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a4c4d9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-adbfea {
  color: #adbfea;
}
Background
.bg-adbfea {
  background-color: #adbfea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-adbfea {
  border: 2px solid #adbfea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #adbfea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 191 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 222 59% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-adbfea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #adbfea, #b9adea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-adbfea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 191 234 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.32 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.51 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.02 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 10.38 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 12.24 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 12.47 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 12.83 #524015 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#adbfea  rgb(173, 191, 234)  hsl(222, 59%, 80%)  Light Steel Blue
#ead8ad  rgb(234, 216, 173)  hsl(42, 59%, 80%)  Wheat
#eaadbf  rgb(234, 173, 191)  hsl(342, 59%, 80%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#bfeaad  rgb(191, 234, 173)  hsl(102, 59%, 80%)  Granny Smith Apple