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#aebfe1 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aebfe1 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 74.9% green and 88.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.67% cyan, 15.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.76% black. Its hue angle is 220°, with 45.95% saturation and 78.24% 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 11.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 3.52.

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Relative luminance0.517

Complementary

  1. #aebfe1
  2. #e1d0ae

Split complementary

  1. #aebfe1
  2. #e1b7ae
  3. #d9e1ae

Analogous

  1. #aed9e1
  2. #aebfe1
  3. #b7aee1

Triadic

  1. #aebfe1
  2. #e1aebf
  3. #bfe1ae

Tetradic

  1. #aebfe1
  2. #d0aee1
  3. #e1d0ae
  4. #bfe1ae

Square

  1. #aebfe1
  2. #e1aed9
  3. #e1d0ae
  4. #aee1b7

Monochromatic

  1. #4268b4
  2. #7693cc
  3. #aebfe1
  4. #e6ebf6
  5. #f0f3f9

Shades

#aebfe1 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aebfe1
  2. #9daccb
  3. #8b99b4
  4. #7a869e
  5. #687387
  6. #576071
  7. #464c5a
  8. #343944
  9. #23262d
  10. #111317
  11. #000000

Tints

#aebfe1 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aebfe1
  2. #b6c5e4
  3. #becce7
  4. #c6d2ea
  5. #ced9ed
  6. #d7dff0
  7. #dfe5f3
  8. #e7ecf6
  9. #eff2f9
  10. #f7f9fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aebfe1 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aebfe1
  2. #a9b9d7
  3. #a5b2ce
  4. #a0acc4
  5. #9ca6ba
  6. #97a0b1
  7. #9299a7
  8. #8e939d
  9. #898d93
  10. #85868a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8bfcd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b4c1e3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b0bce0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a1c6ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2c0e2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #afbde1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a6c3d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aebfe1 {
  color: #aebfe1;
}
Background
.bg-aebfe1 {
  background-color: #aebfe1;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aebfe1 {
  border: 2px solid #aebfe1;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aebfe1;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 191 225;
  --color-primary-hsl: 220 46% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aebfe1 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aebfe1, #b7aee1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aebfe1 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 191 225 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 3.52 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.15 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.96 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.86 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 10.92 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 11.38 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 12.26 #51401e Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#aebfe1  rgb(174, 191, 225)  hsl(220, 46%, 78%)  Light Steel Blue
#e1d0ae  rgb(225, 208, 174)  hsl(40, 46%, 78%)  Wheat
#e1aebf  rgb(225, 174, 191)  hsl(340, 46%, 78%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#bfe1ae  rgb(191, 225, 174)  hsl(100, 46%, 78%)  Tea Green