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#AEDBEE

#aedbee ≈ Light Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aedbee is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 85.88% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.89% cyan, 7.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 197.81°, with 65.31% saturation and 80.78% 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 14.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Blue (#add8e6), ΔE 1.97.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.6583

Complementary

  1. #aedbee
  2. #eec1ae

Split complementary

  1. #aedbee
  2. #eeaebb
  3. #eee1ae

Analogous

  1. #aeeee1
  2. #aedbee
  3. #aebbee

Triadic

  1. #aedbee
  2. #eeaedb
  3. #dbeeae

Tetradic

  1. #aedbee
  2. #c1aeee
  3. #eec1ae
  4. #dbeeae

Square

  1. #aedbee
  2. #e1aeee
  3. #eec1ae
  4. #bbeeae

Monochromatic

  1. #30a3d3
  2. #6fbfe1
  3. #aedbee
  4. #edf7fb
  5. #eef8fb

Shades

#aedbee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aedbee
  2. #9dc5d6
  3. #8bafbe
  4. #7a99a7
  5. #68838f
  6. #576e77
  7. #46585f
  8. #344247
  9. #232c30
  10. #111618
  11. #000000

Tints

#aedbee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aedbee
  2. #b6dff0
  3. #bee2f1
  4. #c6e6f3
  5. #cee9f5
  6. #d7edf7
  7. #dff1f8
  8. #e7f4fa
  9. #eff8fc
  10. #f7fbfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aedbee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aedbee
  2. #a9d2e3
  3. #a5c9d8
  4. #a0c0cd
  5. #9cb7c2
  6. #97aeb7
  7. #92a4ac
  8. #8e9ba1
  9. #899296
  10. #85898b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d4d4d4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6d7df ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d1d9ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7d1ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9ae1e1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c4daef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bdd5ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a3dfe6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aedbee {
  color: #aedbee;
}
Background
.bg-aedbee {
  background-color: #aedbee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aedbee {
  border: 2px solid #aedbee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aedbee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 219 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 65% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aedbee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aedbee, #aebbee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aedbee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 219 238 / 0.35);
}

#add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 1.97 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 3.20 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 3.28 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.70 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 5.74 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 5.87 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 5.98 #512411 Inverted #d4d4d4 Grayscale 

Light Blue
#aedbee  rgb(174, 219, 238)  hsl(198, 65%, 81%)  Light Blue
#eec1ae  rgb(238, 193, 174)  hsl(18, 65%, 81%)  Zinnwaldite
#eeaedb  rgb(238, 174, 219)  hsl(318, 65%, 81%)  Plum
#dbeeae  rgb(219, 238, 174)  hsl(78, 65%, 81%)  Tea Green