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#AECFED

#aecfed ≈ Pale Aqua

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aecfed is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 81.18% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.58% cyan, 12.66% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 208.57°, with 63.64% saturation and 80.59% 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 12.95:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Aqua (#bcd4e6), ΔE 4.24.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.5974

Complementary

  1. #aecfed
  2. #edccae

Split complementary

  1. #aecfed
  2. #edaeb0
  3. #edecae

Analogous

  1. #aeedec
  2. #aecfed
  3. #aeb0ed

Triadic

  1. #aecfed
  2. #edaecf
  3. #cfedae

Tetradic

  1. #aecfed
  2. #ccaeed
  3. #edccae
  4. #cfedae

Square

  1. #aecfed
  2. #ecaeed
  3. #edccae
  4. #b0edae

Monochromatic

  1. #3185d1
  2. #6faadf
  3. #aecfed
  4. #edf4fb
  5. #eef5fb

Shades

#aecfed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aecfed
  2. #9dbad5
  3. #8ba6be
  4. #7a91a6
  5. #687c8e
  6. #576877
  7. #46535f
  8. #343e47
  9. #23292f
  10. #111518
  11. #000000

Tints

#aecfed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aecfed
  2. #b6d4ef
  3. #bed9f1
  4. #c6ddf2
  5. #cee2f4
  6. #d7e7f6
  7. #dfecf8
  8. #e7f1fa
  9. #eff5fb
  10. #f7fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aecfed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aecfed
  2. #a9c7e2
  3. #a5bfd7
  4. #a0b7cc
  5. #9cafc1
  6. #97a8b7
  7. #92a0ac
  8. #8e98a1
  9. #899096
  10. #85888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.95:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cbcbcb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c0cdd9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c3cfef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bbc8ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9cd6d9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bbcfee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b6cbed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a3d3e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aecfed {
  color: #aecfed;
}
Background
.bg-aecfed {
  background-color: #aecfed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aecfed {
  border: 2px solid #aecfed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aecfed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 207 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 209 64% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aecfed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aecfed, #aeb0ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aecfed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 207 237 / 0.35);
}

#bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 4.24 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.33 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 5.03 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 6.89 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.41 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 7.93 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 7.95 #513012 Inverted #cbcbcb Grayscale 

Pale Aqua
#aecfed  rgb(174, 207, 237)  hsl(209, 64%, 81%)  Pale Aqua
#edccae  rgb(237, 204, 174)  hsl(29, 64%, 81%)  Desert Sand
#edaecf  rgb(237, 174, 207)  hsl(329, 64%, 81%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#cfedae  rgb(207, 237, 174)  hsl(89, 64%, 81%)  Tea Green