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#aecaeb ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aecaeb is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 79.22% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.96% cyan, 14.04% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 212.46°, with 60.4% saturation and 80.2% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 2.86.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.5724

Complementary

  1. #aecaeb
  2. #ebcfae

Split complementary

  1. #aecaeb
  2. #ebb1ae
  3. #e9ebae

Analogous

  1. #aee9eb
  2. #aecaeb
  3. #b1aeeb

Triadic

  1. #aecaeb
  2. #ebaeca
  3. #caebae

Tetradic

  1. #aecaeb
  2. #cfaeeb
  3. #ebcfae
  4. #caebae

Square

  1. #aecaeb
  2. #ebaee9
  3. #ebcfae
  4. #aeebb1

Monochromatic

  1. #337acd
  2. #71a2dc
  3. #aecaeb
  4. #ebf2fa
  5. #eff4fb

Shades

#aecaeb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aecaeb
  2. #9db6d4
  3. #8ba2bc
  4. #7a8da5
  5. #68798d
  6. #576576
  7. #46515e
  8. #343d47
  9. #23282f
  10. #111418
  11. #000000

Tints

#aecaeb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aecaeb
  2. #b6cfed
  3. #bed5ef
  4. #c6daf1
  5. #cedff3
  6. #d7e5f5
  7. #dfeaf7
  8. #e7eff9
  9. #eff4fb
  10. #f7fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aecaeb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aecaeb
  2. #a9c3e0
  3. #a5bbd6
  4. #a0b4cb
  5. #9cacc0
  6. #97a5b6
  7. #929eab
  8. #8e96a0
  9. #898f95
  10. #85878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c7c7c7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bec8d6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #becbed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7c4ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9dd1d5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b8caec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b4c7eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a4cede ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aecaeb {
  color: #aecaeb;
}
Background
.bg-aecaeb {
  background-color: #aecaeb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aecaeb {
  border: 2px solid #aecaeb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aecaeb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 202 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 212 60% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aecaeb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aecaeb, #b1aeeb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aecaeb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 202 235 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 2.86 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.69 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 7.15 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.44 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 9.22 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.33 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.34 #513514 Inverted #c7c7c7 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#aecaeb  rgb(174, 202, 235)  hsl(212, 60%, 80%)  Light Steel Blue
#ebcfae  rgb(235, 207, 174)  hsl(32, 60%, 80%)  Light Apricot
#ebaeca  rgb(235, 174, 202)  hsl(332, 60%, 80%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#caebae  rgb(202, 235, 174)  hsl(92, 60%, 80%)  Tea Green