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#AACEDB

#aacedb ≈ Light Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aacedb is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 80.78% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.37% cyan, 5.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 195.92°, with 40.5% saturation and 76.27% 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 12.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Blue (#add8e6), ΔE 2.69.

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Web safe#99cccc
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Relative luminance0.578

Complementary

  1. #aacedb
  2. #dbb7aa

Split complementary

  1. #aacedb
  2. #dbaab5
  3. #dbcfaa

Analogous

  1. #aadbcf
  2. #aacedb
  3. #aab5db

Triadic

  1. #aacedb
  2. #dbaace
  3. #cedbaa

Tetradic

  1. #aacedb
  2. #b7aadb
  3. #dbb7aa
  4. #cedbaa

Square

  1. #aacedb
  2. #cfaadb
  3. #dbb7aa
  4. #b5dbaa

Monochromatic

  1. #468ca6
  2. #74afc4
  3. #aacedb
  4. #e0edf2
  5. #f1f7f9

Shades

#aacedb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aacedb
  2. #99b9c5
  3. #88a5af
  4. #779099
  5. #667c83
  6. #55676e
  7. #445258
  8. #333e42
  9. #22292c
  10. #111516
  11. #000000

Tints

#aacedb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aacedb
  2. #b3d3df
  3. #bbd8e2
  4. #c4dde6
  5. #cce2e9
  6. #d5e7ed
  7. #ddebf1
  8. #e6f0f4
  9. #eef5f8
  10. #f7fafb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aacedb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aacedb
  2. #a6c6d2
  3. #a2bec9
  4. #9db7c0
  5. #99afb7
  6. #95a7ae
  7. #919fa4
  8. #8d979b
  9. #889092
  10. #848889
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c8c8c8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bdcad0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6ccdc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bec5db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9cd2d2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bccddb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b7c9db ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a2d1d6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aacedb {
  color: #aacedb;
}
Background
.bg-aacedb {
  background-color: #aacedb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aacedb {
  border: 2px solid #aacedb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aacedb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 206 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 41% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aacedb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aacedb, #aab5db);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aacedb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 206 219 / 0.35);
}

#add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 2.69 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 3.54 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 4.05 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 5.18 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.39 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 6.18 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.76 #553124 Inverted #c8c8c8 Grayscale 

Light Blue
#aacedb  rgb(170, 206, 219)  hsl(196, 41%, 76%)  Light Blue
#dbb7aa  rgb(219, 183, 170)  hsl(16, 41%, 76%)  Zinnwaldite
#dbaace  rgb(219, 170, 206)  hsl(316, 41%, 76%)  Lilac
#cedbaa  rgb(206, 219, 170)  hsl(76, 41%, 76%)  Tea Green