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#AEDCED

#aedced ≈ Light Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aedced is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 86.27% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.58% cyan, 7.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 196.19°, 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 14.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Blue (#add8e6), ΔE 1.38.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.663

Complementary

  1. #aedced
  2. #edbfae

Split complementary

  1. #aedced
  2. #edaebd
  3. #eddfae

Analogous

  1. #aeeddf
  2. #aedced
  3. #aebded

Triadic

  1. #aedced
  2. #edaedc
  3. #dcedae

Tetradic

  1. #aedced
  2. #bfaeed
  3. #edbfae
  4. #dcedae

Square

  1. #aedced
  2. #dfaeed
  3. #edbfae
  4. #bdedae

Monochromatic

  1. #31a6d1
  2. #6fc1df
  3. #aedced
  4. #edf7fb
  5. #eef8fb

Shades

#aedced mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aedced
  2. #9dc6d5
  3. #8bb0be
  4. #7a9aa6
  5. #68848e
  6. #576e77
  7. #46585f
  8. #344247
  9. #232c2f
  10. #111618
  11. #000000

Tints

#aedced mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aedced
  2. #b6e0ef
  3. #bee3f1
  4. #c6e7f2
  5. #ceeaf4
  6. #d7eef6
  7. #dff1f8
  8. #e7f5fa
  9. #eff8fb
  10. #f7fcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aedced mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aedced
  2. #a9d3e2
  3. #a5cad7
  4. #a0c0cc
  5. #9cb7c1
  6. #97aeb7
  7. #92a5ac
  8. #8e9ca1
  9. #899296
  10. #85898b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d5d5d5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6d8df ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2d9ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8d1ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9ae2e1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c5daee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bed6ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a3dfe6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aedced {
  color: #aedced;
}
Background
.bg-aedced {
  background-color: #aedced;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aedced {
  border: 2px solid #aedced;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aedced;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 220 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 64% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aedced {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aedced, #aebded);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aedced {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 220 237 / 0.35);
}

#add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 1.38 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 2.54 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 3.83 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 4.82 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.11 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.34 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 6.41 #512312 Inverted #d5d5d5 Grayscale 

Light Blue
#aedced  rgb(174, 220, 237)  hsl(196, 64%, 81%)  Light Blue
#edbfae  rgb(237, 191, 174)  hsl(16, 64%, 81%)  Zinnwaldite
#edaedc  rgb(237, 174, 220)  hsl(316, 64%, 81%)  Plum
#dcedae  rgb(220, 237, 174)  hsl(76, 64%, 81%)  Tea Green