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#AEB3C1

#aeb3c1 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aeb3c1 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 70.2% green and 75.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 9.84% cyan, 7.25% magenta, 0% yellow and 24.31% black. Its hue angle is 224.21°, with 13.29% saturation and 71.96% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 7.17.

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Relative luminance0.4509

Complementary

  1. #aeb3c1
  2. #c1bcae

Split complementary

  1. #aeb3c1
  2. #c1b2ae
  3. #bcc1ae

Analogous

  1. #aebcc1
  2. #aeb3c1
  3. #b2aec1

Triadic

  1. #aeb3c1
  2. #c1aeb3
  3. #b3c1ae

Tetradic

  1. #aeb3c1
  2. #bcaec1
  3. #c1bcae
  4. #b3c1ae

Square

  1. #aeb3c1
  2. #c1aebc
  3. #c1bcae
  4. #aec1b2

Monochromatic

  1. #5d6479
  2. #838aa0
  3. #aeb3c1
  4. #d9dce2
  5. #f3f4f6

Shades

#aeb3c1 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aeb3c1
  2. #9da1ae
  3. #8b8f9a
  4. #7a7d87
  5. #686b74
  6. #575a61
  7. #46484d
  8. #34363a
  9. #232427
  10. #111213
  11. #000000

Tints

#aeb3c1 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aeb3c1
  2. #b6bbc7
  3. #bec2cd
  4. #c6cad4
  5. #ced1da
  6. #d7d9e0
  7. #dfe1e6
  8. #e7e8ec
  9. #eff0f3
  10. #f7f7f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aeb3c1 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aeb3c1
  2. #a9aebb
  3. #a5a9b4
  4. #a0a4ae
  5. #9c9fa7
  6. #979aa1
  7. #92949a
  8. #8e8f94
  9. #898a8d
  10. #858587
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.1:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b1b3b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #afb4c2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aeb2c1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aab6b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #afb4c1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aeb3c1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #acb5bb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aeb3c1 {
  color: #aeb3c1;
}
Background
.bg-aeb3c1 {
  background-color: #aeb3c1;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aeb3c1 {
  border: 2px solid #aeb3c1;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aeb3c1;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 179 193;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 13% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aeb3c1 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aeb3c1, #b2aec1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aeb3c1 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 179 193 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.17 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 7.25 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 7.25 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.46 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 7.52 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 9.67 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 10.36 #514c3e Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#aeb3c1  rgb(174, 179, 193)  hsl(224, 13%, 72%)  Light Steel Blue
#c1bcae  rgb(193, 188, 174)  hsl(44, 13%, 72%)  Silver
#c1aeb3  rgb(193, 174, 179)  hsl(344, 13%, 72%)  Silver Pink
#b3c1ae  rgb(179, 193, 174)  hsl(104, 13%, 72%)  Ash Gray