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#AEC5FF

#aec5ff ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aec5ff 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 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.76% cyan, 22.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 222.96°, 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 12.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 6.85.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.5615

Complementary

  1. #aec5ff
  2. #ffe8ae

Split complementary

  1. #aec5ff
  2. #ffc0ae
  3. #eeffae

Analogous

  1. #aeeeff
  2. #aec5ff
  3. #c0aeff

Triadic

  1. #aec5ff
  2. #ffaec5
  3. #c5ffae

Tetradic

  1. #aec5ff
  2. #e8aeff
  3. #ffe8ae
  4. #c5ffae

Square

  1. #aec5ff
  2. #ffaeee
  3. #ffe8ae
  4. #aeffc0

Monochromatic

  1. #1557ff
  2. #628eff
  3. #aec5ff
  4. #ebf0ff
  5. #ebf0ff

Shades

#aec5ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aec5ff
  2. #9db1e6
  3. #8b9ecc
  4. #7a8ab3
  5. #687699
  6. #576380
  7. #464f66
  8. #343b4d
  9. #232733
  10. #11141a
  11. #000000

Tints

#aec5ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aec5ff
  2. #b6cbff
  3. #bed1ff
  4. #c6d6ff
  5. #cedcff
  6. #d7e2ff
  7. #dfe8ff
  8. #e7eeff
  9. #eff3ff
  10. #f7f9ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aec5ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aec5ff
  2. #a9bef2
  3. #a5b7e6
  4. #a0b0d9
  5. #9ca9cc
  6. #97a3c0
  7. #929cb3
  8. #8e95a6
  9. #898e99
  10. #85878d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bdc5df ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b2c9ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #abc2fe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #97d0d9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1c8ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #acc3fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a1cce9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aec5ff {
  color: #aec5ff;
}
Background
.bg-aec5ff {
  background-color: #aec5ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aec5ff {
  border: 2px solid #aec5ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aec5ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 197 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 100% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aec5ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aec5ff, #c0aeff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aec5ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 197 255 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.85 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.67 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.72 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 10.69 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.76 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 12.06 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 12.14 #513a00 Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#aec5ff  rgb(174, 197, 255)  hsl(223, 100%, 84%)  Light Steel Blue
#ffe8ae  rgb(255, 232, 174)  hsl(43, 100%, 84%)  Peach
#ffaec5  rgb(255, 174, 197)  hsl(343, 100%, 84%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#c5ffae  rgb(197, 255, 174)  hsl(103, 100%, 84%)  Pale Green