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#aeb6ca ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aeb6ca is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 71.37% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 13.86% cyan, 9.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 222.86°, with 20.9% saturation and 73.73% 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 10.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 5.41.

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Relative luminance0.4672

Complementary

  1. #aeb6ca
  2. #cac2ae

Split complementary

  1. #aeb6ca
  2. #cab4ae
  3. #c4caae

Analogous

  1. #aec4ca
  2. #aeb6ca
  3. #b4aeca

Triadic

  1. #aeb6ca
  2. #caaeb6
  3. #b6caae

Tetradic

  1. #aeb6ca
  2. #c2aeca
  3. #cac2ae
  4. #b6caae

Square

  1. #aeb6ca
  2. #caaec4
  3. #cac2ae
  4. #aecab4

Monochromatic

  1. #586687
  2. #808cac
  3. #aeb6ca
  4. #dce0e8
  5. #f3f4f7

Shades

#aeb6ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aeb6ca
  2. #9da4b6
  3. #8b92a2
  4. #7a7f8d
  5. #686d79
  6. #575b65
  7. #464951
  8. #34373d
  9. #232428
  10. #111214
  11. #000000

Tints

#aeb6ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aeb6ca
  2. #b6bdcf
  3. #bec5d5
  4. #c6ccda
  5. #ced3df
  6. #d7dbe5
  7. #dfe2ea
  8. #e7e9ef
  9. #eff0f4
  10. #f7f8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aeb6ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aeb6ca
  2. #a9b1c3
  3. #a5abbb
  4. #a0a6b4
  5. #9ca0ac
  6. #979ba5
  7. #92969e
  8. #8e9096
  9. #898b8f
  10. #858587
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3b6be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b0b7cb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aeb5c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a8babc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #afb7cb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aeb5ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #aab8c2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aeb6ca {
  color: #aeb6ca;
}
Background
.bg-aeb6ca {
  background-color: #aeb6ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aeb6ca {
  border: 2px solid #aeb6ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aeb6ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 182 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 21% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aeb6ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aeb6ca, #b4aeca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aeb6ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 182 202 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.41 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.52 #c0c0c0 Silver ΔE 9.34 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.63 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 9.66 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 9.66 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 9.97 #514935 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#aeb6ca  rgb(174, 182, 202)  hsl(223, 21%, 74%)  Light Steel Blue
#cac2ae  rgb(202, 194, 174)  hsl(43, 21%, 74%)  Bone
#caaeb6  rgb(202, 174, 182)  hsl(343, 21%, 74%)  Silver Pink
#b6caae  rgb(182, 202, 174)  hsl(103, 21%, 74%)  Ash Gray