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#AECAFF

#aecaff ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aecaff is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 79.22% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.76% cyan, 20.78% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 219.26°, with 100% saturation and 84.12% 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 12.69:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 6.4.

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Relative luminance0.5846

Complementary

  1. #aecaff
  2. #ffe3ae

Split complementary

  1. #aecaff
  2. #ffbbae
  3. #f3ffae

Analogous

  1. #aef3ff
  2. #aecaff
  3. #bbaeff

Triadic

  1. #aecaff
  2. #ffaeca
  3. #caffae

Tetradic

  1. #aecaff
  2. #e3aeff
  3. #ffe3ae
  4. #caffae

Square

  1. #aecaff
  2. #ffaef3
  3. #ffe3ae
  4. #aeffbb

Monochromatic

  1. #1566ff
  2. #6298ff
  3. #aecaff
  4. #ebf2ff
  5. #ebf2ff

Shades

#aecaff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aecaff
  2. #9db6e6
  3. #8ba2cc
  4. #7a8db3
  5. #687999
  6. #576580
  7. #465166
  8. #343d4d
  9. #232833
  10. #11141a
  11. #000000

Tints

#aecaff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aecaff
  2. #b6cfff
  3. #bed5ff
  4. #c6daff
  5. #cedfff
  6. #d7e5ff
  7. #dfeaff
  8. #e7efff
  9. #eff4ff
  10. #f7faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aecaff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aecaff
  2. #a9c3f2
  3. #a5bbe6
  4. #a0b4d9
  5. #9caccc
  6. #97a5c0
  7. #929eb3
  8. #8e96a6
  9. #898f99
  10. #85878d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c9c9c9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bfc9e1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8cdff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b0c6fe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #97d5dc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b4ccff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #afc7fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a0d1eb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aecaff {
  color: #aecaff;
}
Background
.bg-aecaff {
  background-color: #aecaff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aecaff {
  border: 2px solid #aecaff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aecaff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 202 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 100% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aecaff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aecaff, #bbaeff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aecaff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 202 255 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.40 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 8.54 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.60 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.72 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.27 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.83 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 11.02 #513500 Inverted #c9c9c9 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#aecaff  rgb(174, 202, 255)  hsl(219, 100%, 84%)  Light Steel Blue
#ffe3ae  rgb(255, 227, 174)  hsl(39, 100%, 84%)  Peach
#ffaeca  rgb(255, 174, 202)  hsl(339, 100%, 84%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#caffae  rgb(202, 255, 174)  hsl(99, 100%, 84%)  Pale Green