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#AEBFF9

#aebff9 ≈ Periwinkle

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aebff9 is a color from the blue family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 74.9% green and 97.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.12% cyan, 23.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 2.35% black. Its hue angle is 226.4°, with 86.21% saturation and 82.94% 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 11.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Periwinkle (#ccccff), ΔE 6.81.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.531

Complementary

  1. #aebff9
  2. #f9e8ae

Split complementary

  1. #aebff9
  2. #f9c2ae
  3. #e4f9ae

Analogous

  1. #aee4f9
  2. #aebff9
  3. #c2aef9

Triadic

  1. #aebff9
  2. #f9aebf
  3. #bff9ae

Tetradic

  1. #aebff9
  2. #e8aef9
  3. #f9e8ae
  4. #bff9ae

Square

  1. #aebff9
  2. #f9aee4
  3. #f9e8ae
  4. #aef9c2

Monochromatic

  1. #204eee
  2. #6787f4
  3. #aebff9
  4. #ecf0fe
  5. #ecf0fe

Shades

#aebff9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aebff9
  2. #9dace0
  3. #8b99c7
  4. #7a86ae
  5. #687395
  6. #57607d
  7. #464c64
  8. #34394b
  9. #232632
  10. #111319
  11. #000000

Tints

#aebff9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aebff9
  2. #b6c5fa
  3. #beccfa
  4. #c6d2fb
  5. #ced9fb
  6. #d7dffc
  7. #dfe5fd
  8. #e7ecfd
  9. #eff2fe
  10. #f7f9fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aebff9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aebff9
  2. #a9b9ed
  3. #a5b2e1
  4. #a0acd5
  5. #9ca6c9
  6. #97a0bd
  7. #9299b0
  8. #8e93a4
  9. #898d98
  10. #85868c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9c0da ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #adc4fc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a7bef8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9acad3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aec2fb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aabef8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a2c6e3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aebff9 {
  color: #aebff9;
}
Background
.bg-aebff9 {
  background-color: #aebff9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aebff9 {
  border: 2px solid #aebff9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aebff9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 191 249;
  --color-primary-hsl: 226 86% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aebff9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aebff9, #c2aef9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aebff9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 191 249 / 0.35);
}

#ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 6.81 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.13 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.27 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 11.57 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 12.98 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 13.20 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 13.38 #514006 Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Periwinkle
#aebff9  rgb(174, 191, 249)  hsl(226, 86%, 83%)  Periwinkle
#f9e8ae  rgb(249, 232, 174)  hsl(46, 86%, 83%)  Vanilla
#f9aebf  rgb(249, 174, 191)  hsl(346, 86%, 83%)  Cherry Blossom Pink
#bff9ae  rgb(191, 249, 174)  hsl(106, 86%, 83%)  Granny Smith Apple