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#ADC2EB

#adc2eb ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#adc2eb is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 76.08% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.38% cyan, 17.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 219.68°, with 60.78% saturation and 80% 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 11.69:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.41.

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Relative luminance0.5347

Complementary

  1. #adc2eb
  2. #ebd6ad

Split complementary

  1. #adc2eb
  2. #ebb7ad
  3. #e1ebad

Analogous

  1. #ade1eb
  2. #adc2eb
  3. #b7adeb

Triadic

  1. #adc2eb
  2. #ebadc2
  3. #c2ebad

Tetradic

  1. #adc2eb
  2. #d6adeb
  3. #ebd6ad
  4. #c2ebad

Square

  1. #adc2eb
  2. #ebade1
  3. #ebd6ad
  4. #adebb7

Monochromatic

  1. #3266cd
  2. #7094dc
  3. #adc2eb
  4. #ebf0fa
  5. #eff3fb

Shades

#adc2eb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #adc2eb
  2. #9cafd4
  3. #8a9bbc
  4. #7988a5
  5. #68748d
  6. #576176
  7. #454e5e
  8. #343a47
  9. #23272f
  10. #111318
  11. #000000

Tints

#adc2eb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #adc2eb
  2. #b5c8ed
  3. #bdceef
  4. #c6d4f1
  5. #cedaf3
  6. #d6e1f5
  7. #dee7f7
  8. #e6edf9
  9. #eff3fb
  10. #f7f9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#adc2eb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #adc2eb
  2. #a9bbe0
  3. #a4b5d6
  4. #a0aecb
  5. #9ba8c0
  6. #97a1b6
  7. #929aab
  8. #8e94a0
  9. #898d95
  10. #85878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9c2d3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5c4ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #afbfea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9ccad0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2c3ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aec0ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a3c7db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-adc2eb {
  color: #adc2eb;
}
Background
.bg-adc2eb {
  background-color: #adc2eb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-adc2eb {
  border: 2px solid #adc2eb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #adc2eb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 194 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 220 61% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-adc2eb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #adc2eb, #b7adeb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-adc2eb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 194 235 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.41 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.35 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.62 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.28 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 11.07 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.63 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 12.03 #523d14 Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#adc2eb  rgb(173, 194, 235)  hsl(220, 61%, 80%)  Light Steel Blue
#ebd6ad  rgb(235, 214, 173)  hsl(40, 61%, 80%)  Wheat
#ebadc2  rgb(235, 173, 194)  hsl(340, 61%, 80%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#c2ebad  rgb(194, 235, 173)  hsl(100, 61%, 80%)  Tea Green