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#AEC3FD

#aec3fd ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aec3fd 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, 76.47% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.23% cyan, 22.92% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 224.05°, with 95.18% saturation and 83.73% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 6.89.

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Relative luminance0.5512

Complementary

  1. #aec3fd
  2. #fde8ae

Split complementary

  1. #aec3fd
  2. #fdc1ae
  3. #ebfdae

Analogous

  1. #aeebfd
  2. #aec3fd
  3. #c1aefd

Triadic

  1. #aec3fd
  2. #fdaec3
  3. #c3fdae

Tetradic

  1. #aec3fd
  2. #e8aefd
  3. #fde8ae
  4. #c3fdae

Square

  1. #aec3fd
  2. #fdaeeb
  3. #fde8ae
  4. #aefdc1

Monochromatic

  1. #1954f9
  2. #638cfb
  3. #aec3fd
  4. #ebf0ff
  5. #ebf0ff

Shades

#aec3fd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aec3fd
  2. #9db0e4
  3. #8b9cca
  4. #7a89b1
  5. #687598
  6. #57627f
  7. #464e65
  8. #343b4c
  9. #232733
  10. #111419
  11. #000000

Tints

#aec3fd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aec3fd
  2. #b6c9fd
  3. #becffd
  4. #c6d5fe
  5. #cedbfe
  6. #d7e1fe
  7. #dfe7fe
  8. #e7edfe
  9. #eff3ff
  10. #f7f9ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aec3fd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aec3fd
  2. #a9bcf1
  3. #a5b6e4
  4. #a0afd8
  5. #9ca8cb
  6. #97a2bf
  7. #929bb2
  8. #8e94a6
  9. #898d99
  10. #85878d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcc4dd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b1c8ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aac1fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #98ced7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0c6ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #acc2fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a1cae7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aec3fd {
  color: #aec3fd;
}
Background
.bg-aec3fd {
  background-color: #aec3fd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aec3fd {
  border: 2px solid #aec3fd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aec3fd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 195 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 95% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aec3fd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aec3fd, #c1aefd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aec3fd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 195 253 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.89 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.34 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.21 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 10.95 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 12.28 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 12.47 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 12.52 #513c02 Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#aec3fd  rgb(174, 195, 253)  hsl(224, 95%, 84%)  Light Steel Blue
#fde8ae  rgb(253, 232, 174)  hsl(44, 95%, 84%)  Vanilla
#fdaec3  rgb(253, 174, 195)  hsl(344, 95%, 84%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#c3fdae  rgb(195, 253, 174)  hsl(104, 95%, 84%)  Pale Green