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#AEC4FF

#aec4ff ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aec4ff 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, 76.86% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.76% cyan, 23.14% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 223.7°, with 100% saturation and 84.12% 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 12.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 6.95.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.557

Complementary

  1. #aec4ff
  2. #ffe9ae

Split complementary

  1. #aec4ff
  2. #ffc1ae
  3. #edffae

Analogous

  1. #aeedff
  2. #aec4ff
  3. #c1aeff

Triadic

  1. #aec4ff
  2. #ffaec4
  3. #c4ffae

Tetradic

  1. #aec4ff
  2. #e9aeff
  3. #ffe9ae
  4. #c4ffae

Square

  1. #aec4ff
  2. #ffaeed
  3. #ffe9ae
  4. #aeffc1

Monochromatic

  1. #1555ff
  2. #628cff
  3. #aec4ff
  4. #ebf0ff
  5. #ebf0ff

Shades

#aec4ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aec4ff
  2. #9db0e6
  3. #8b9dcc
  4. #7a89b3
  5. #687699
  6. #576280
  7. #464e66
  8. #343b4d
  9. #232733
  10. #11141a
  11. #000000

Tints

#aec4ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aec4ff
  2. #b6caff
  3. #bed0ff
  4. #c6d6ff
  5. #cedcff
  6. #d7e2ff
  7. #dfe7ff
  8. #e7edff
  9. #eff3ff
  10. #f7f9ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aec4ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aec4ff
  2. #a9bdf2
  3. #a5b6e6
  4. #a0b0d9
  5. #9ca9cc
  6. #97a2c0
  7. #929bb3
  8. #8e94a6
  9. #898e99
  10. #85878d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcc4df ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b1c9ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aac2fe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #97d0d8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0c7ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #acc3fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a1cbe9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aec4ff {
  color: #aec4ff;
}
Background
.bg-aec4ff {
  background-color: #aec4ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aec4ff {
  border: 2px solid #aec4ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aec4ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 196 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 100% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aec4ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aec4ff, #c1aeff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aec4ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 196 255 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.95 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.56 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.58 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 10.85 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 12.04 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 12.31 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 12.32 #513b00 Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#aec4ff  rgb(174, 196, 255)  hsl(224, 100%, 84%)  Light Steel Blue
#ffe9ae  rgb(255, 233, 174)  hsl(44, 100%, 84%)  Vanilla
#ffaec4  rgb(255, 174, 196)  hsl(344, 100%, 84%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#c4ffae  rgb(196, 255, 174)  hsl(104, 100%, 84%)  Pale Green