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#AEDCEE

#aedcee ≈ Light Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aedcee is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 86.27% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.89% cyan, 7.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 196.88°, 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 14.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Blue (#add8e6), ΔE 1.67.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.6636

Complementary

  1. #aedcee
  2. #eec0ae

Split complementary

  1. #aedcee
  2. #eeaebc
  3. #eee0ae

Analogous

  1. #aeeee0
  2. #aedcee
  3. #aebcee

Triadic

  1. #aedcee
  2. #eeaedc
  3. #dceeae

Tetradic

  1. #aedcee
  2. #c0aeee
  3. #eec0ae
  4. #dceeae

Square

  1. #aedcee
  2. #e0aeee
  3. #eec0ae
  4. #bceeae

Monochromatic

  1. #30a5d3
  2. #6fc1e1
  3. #aedcee
  4. #edf7fb
  5. #eef8fb

Shades

#aedcee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aedcee
  2. #9dc6d6
  3. #8bb0be
  4. #7a9aa7
  5. #68848f
  6. #576e77
  7. #46585f
  8. #344247
  9. #232c30
  10. #111618
  11. #000000

Tints

#aedcee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aedcee
  2. #b6e0f0
  3. #bee3f1
  4. #c6e7f3
  5. #ceeaf5
  6. #d7eef7
  7. #dff1f8
  8. #e7f5fa
  9. #eff8fc
  10. #f7fcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aedcee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aedcee
  2. #a9d3e3
  3. #a5cad8
  4. #a0c0cd
  5. #9cb7c2
  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 14.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d5d5d5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c6d8df ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2d9ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c8d1ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9ae2e1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c4daef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bed6ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a2e0e7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aedcee {
  color: #aedcee;
}
Background
.bg-aedcee {
  background-color: #aedcee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aedcee {
  border: 2px solid #aedcee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aedcee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 220 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 65% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aedcee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aedcee, #aebcee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aedcee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 220 238 / 0.35);
}

#add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 1.67 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 2.79 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 3.62 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 5.21 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 5.99 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.14 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 6.20 #512311 Inverted #d5d5d5 Grayscale 

Light Blue
#aedcee  rgb(174, 220, 238)  hsl(197, 65%, 81%)  Light Blue
#eec0ae  rgb(238, 192, 174)  hsl(17, 65%, 81%)  Zinnwaldite
#eeaedc  rgb(238, 174, 220)  hsl(317, 65%, 81%)  Plum
#dceeae  rgb(220, 238, 174)  hsl(77, 65%, 81%)  Tea Green