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#AEC2FE

#aec2fe ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aec2fe 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, 76.08% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.5% cyan, 23.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 225°, with 97.56% saturation and 83.92% 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 11.95:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 7.08.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.5474

Complementary

  1. #aec2fe
  2. #feeaae

Split complementary

  1. #aec2fe
  2. #fec2ae
  3. #eafeae

Analogous

  1. #aeeafe
  2. #aec2fe
  3. #c2aefe

Triadic

  1. #aec2fe
  2. #feaec2
  3. #c2feae

Tetradic

  1. #aec2fe
  2. #eaaefe
  3. #feeaae
  4. #c2feae

Square

  1. #aec2fe
  2. #feaeea
  3. #feeaae
  4. #aefec2

Monochromatic

  1. #1750fc
  2. #6289fd
  3. #aec2fe
  4. #ebf0ff
  5. #ebf0ff

Shades

#aec2fe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aec2fe
  2. #9dafe5
  3. #8b9bcb
  4. #7a88b2
  5. #687498
  6. #57617f
  7. #464e66
  8. #343a4c
  9. #232733
  10. #111319
  11. #000000

Tints

#aec2fe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aec2fe
  2. #b6c8fe
  3. #becefe
  4. #c6d4fe
  5. #cedafe
  6. #d7e1ff
  7. #dfe7ff
  8. #e7edff
  9. #eff3ff
  10. #f7f9ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aec2fe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aec2fe
  2. #a9bbf1
  3. #a5b5e5
  4. #a0aed8
  5. #9ca8cc
  6. #97a1bf
  7. #929ab2
  8. #8e94a6
  9. #898d99
  10. #85878d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.95:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c3c3c3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbc3dd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #afc7ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a8c0fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #98ced7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #afc5ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #abc1fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a1c9e7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aec2fe {
  color: #aec2fe;
}
Background
.bg-aec2fe {
  background-color: #aec2fe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aec2fe {
  border: 2px solid #aec2fe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aec2fe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 194 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 98% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aec2fe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aec2fe, #c2aefe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aec2fe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 194 254 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.08 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.31 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.21 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 11.13 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 12.57 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 12.65 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 12.78 #513d01 Inverted #c3c3c3 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#aec2fe  rgb(174, 194, 254)  hsl(225, 98%, 84%)  Light Steel Blue
#feeaae  rgb(254, 234, 174)  hsl(45, 98%, 84%)  Vanilla
#feaec2  rgb(254, 174, 194)  hsl(345, 98%, 84%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#c2feae  rgb(194, 254, 174)  hsl(105, 98%, 84%)  Pale Green