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#AED4FA

#aed4fa ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aed4fa 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, 83.14% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.4% cyan, 15.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 210°, with 88.37% saturation and 83.14% 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 13.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 5.98.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.6299

Complementary

  1. #aed4fa
  2. #fad4ae

Split complementary

  1. #aed4fa
  2. #faaeae
  3. #fafaae

Analogous

  1. #aefafa
  2. #aed4fa
  3. #aeaefa

Triadic

  1. #aed4fa
  2. #faaed4
  3. #d4faae

Tetradic

  1. #aed4fa
  2. #d4aefa
  3. #fad4ae
  4. #d4faae

Square

  1. #aed4fa
  2. #faaefa
  3. #fad4ae
  4. #aefaae

Monochromatic

  1. #1e88f1
  2. #66aef6
  3. #aed4fa
  4. #ecf5fe
  5. #ecf5fe

Shades

#aed4fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aed4fa
  2. #9dbfe1
  3. #8baac8
  4. #7a94af
  5. #687f96
  6. #576a7d
  7. #465564
  8. #34404b
  9. #232a32
  10. #111519
  11. #000000

Tints

#aed4fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aed4fa
  2. #b6d8fb
  3. #beddfb
  4. #c6e1fc
  5. #cee5fc
  6. #d7eafd
  7. #dfeefd
  8. #e7f2fe
  9. #eff6fe
  10. #f7fbff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aed4fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aed4fa
  2. #a9ccee
  3. #a5c3e2
  4. #a0bbd5
  5. #9cb2c9
  6. #97aabd
  7. #92a2b1
  8. #8e99a5
  9. #899198
  10. #85888c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d0d0d0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c3d2e2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6d4fc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bcccf9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #97dde0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bdd4fb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b7cffa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a1d9eb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aed4fa {
  color: #aed4fa;
}
Background
.bg-aed4fa {
  background-color: #aed4fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aed4fa {
  border: 2px solid #aed4fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aed4fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 212 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 210 88% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aed4fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aed4fa, #aeaefa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aed4fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 212 250 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.98 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.12 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 6.52 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 6.57 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.74 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.61 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.79 #512b05 Inverted #d0d0d0 Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#aed4fa  rgb(174, 212, 250)  hsl(210, 88%, 83%)  Light Steel Blue
#fad4ae  rgb(250, 212, 174)  hsl(30, 88%, 83%)  Light Apricot
#faaed4  rgb(250, 174, 212)  hsl(330, 88%, 83%)  Carnation Pink
#d4faae  rgb(212, 250, 174)  hsl(90, 88%, 83%)  Tea Green