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#AEC7FF

#aec7ff ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aec7ff 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, 78.04% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.76% cyan, 21.96% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 221.48°, 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 12.41:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 6.66.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.5707

Complementary

  1. #aec7ff
  2. #ffe6ae

Split complementary

  1. #aec7ff
  2. #ffbeae
  3. #f0ffae

Analogous

  1. #aef0ff
  2. #aec7ff
  3. #beaeff

Triadic

  1. #aec7ff
  2. #ffaec7
  3. #c7ffae

Tetradic

  1. #aec7ff
  2. #e6aeff
  3. #ffe6ae
  4. #c7ffae

Square

  1. #aec7ff
  2. #ffaef0
  3. #ffe6ae
  4. #aeffbe

Monochromatic

  1. #155dff
  2. #6292ff
  3. #aec7ff
  4. #ebf1ff
  5. #ebf1ff

Shades

#aec7ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aec7ff
  2. #9db3e6
  3. #8b9fcc
  4. #7a8bb3
  5. #687799
  6. #576480
  7. #465066
  8. #343c4d
  9. #232833
  10. #11141a
  11. #000000

Tints

#aec7ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aec7ff
  2. #b6cdff
  3. #bed2ff
  4. #c6d8ff
  5. #ceddff
  6. #d7e3ff
  7. #dfe9ff
  8. #e7eeff
  9. #eff4ff
  10. #f7f9ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aec7ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aec7ff
  2. #a9c0f2
  3. #a5b9e6
  4. #a0b2d9
  5. #9cabcc
  6. #97a4c0
  7. #929cb3
  8. #8e95a6
  9. #898e99
  10. #85878d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c7c7c7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bdc7e0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5cbff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #adc4fe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #97d2da ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2c9ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aec5fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a1ceea ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aec7ff {
  color: #aec7ff;
}
Background
.bg-aec7ff {
  background-color: #aec7ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aec7ff {
  border: 2px solid #aec7ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aec7ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 199 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 100% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aec7ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aec7ff, #beaeff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aec7ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 199 255 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.66 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.96 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.04 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 10.33 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.18 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.57 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 11.73 #513800 Inverted #c7c7c7 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#aec7ff  rgb(174, 199, 255)  hsl(221, 100%, 84%)  Light Steel Blue
#ffe6ae  rgb(255, 230, 174)  hsl(41, 100%, 84%)  Peach
#ffaec7  rgb(255, 174, 199)  hsl(341, 100%, 84%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#c7ffae  rgb(199, 255, 174)  hsl(101, 100%, 84%)  Pale Green