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#AEC5FC

#aec5fc ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aec5fc 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, 77.25% green and 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.95% cyan, 21.83% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 222.31°, with 92.86% saturation and 83.53% 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 12.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 6.55.

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Relative luminance0.5596

Complementary

  1. #aec5fc
  2. #fce5ae

Split complementary

  1. #aec5fc
  2. #fcbeae
  3. #ecfcae

Analogous

  1. #aeecfc
  2. #aec5fc
  3. #beaefc

Triadic

  1. #aec5fc
  2. #fcaec5
  3. #c5fcae

Tetradic

  1. #aec5fc
  2. #e5aefc
  3. #fce5ae
  4. #c5fcae

Square

  1. #aec5fc
  2. #fcaeec
  3. #fce5ae
  4. #aefcbe

Monochromatic

  1. #1a5bf7
  2. #6490f9
  3. #aec5fc
  4. #ebf1fe
  5. #ebf1fe

Shades

#aec5fc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aec5fc
  2. #9db1e3
  3. #8b9eca
  4. #7a8ab0
  5. #687697
  6. #57637e
  7. #464f65
  8. #343b4c
  9. #232732
  10. #111419
  11. #000000

Tints

#aec5fc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aec5fc
  2. #b6cbfc
  3. #bed1fd
  4. #c6d6fd
  5. #cedcfd
  6. #d7e2fe
  7. #dfe8fe
  8. #e7eefe
  9. #eff3fe
  10. #f7f9ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aec5fc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aec5fc
  2. #a9bef0
  3. #a5b7e3
  4. #a0b0d7
  5. #9ca9ca
  6. #97a3be
  7. #929cb2
  8. #8e95a5
  9. #898e99
  10. #85878c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bcc5dd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b3c9ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #acc2fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #98d0d8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1c7fe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #adc3fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a1cce7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aec5fc {
  color: #aec5fc;
}
Background
.bg-aec5fc {
  background-color: #aec5fc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aec5fc {
  border: 2px solid #aec5fc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aec5fc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 197 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 222 93% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aec5fc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aec5fc, #beaefc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aec5fc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 197 252 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.55 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.54 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.39 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 10.54 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.67 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.99 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 12.02 #513a03 Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#aec5fc  rgb(174, 197, 252)  hsl(222, 93%, 84%)  Light Steel Blue
#fce5ae  rgb(252, 229, 174)  hsl(42, 93%, 84%)  Peach
#fcaec5  rgb(252, 174, 197)  hsl(342, 93%, 84%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#c5fcae  rgb(197, 252, 174)  hsl(102, 93%, 84%)  Granny Smith Apple