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#AEDEFE

#aedefe ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aedefe 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, 87.06% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.5% cyan, 12.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 204°, with 97.56% saturation and 83.92% 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 14.68:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 4.67.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.684

Complementary

  1. #aedefe
  2. #feceae

Split complementary

  1. #aedefe
  2. #feaeb6
  3. #fef6ae

Analogous

  1. #aefef6
  2. #aedefe
  3. #aeb6fe

Triadic

  1. #aedefe
  2. #feaede
  3. #defeae

Tetradic

  1. #aedefe
  2. #ceaefe
  3. #feceae
  4. #defeae

Square

  1. #aedefe
  2. #f6aefe
  3. #feceae
  4. #b6feae

Monochromatic

  1. #17a0fc
  2. #62bffd
  3. #aedefe
  4. #ebf7ff
  5. #ebf7ff

Shades

#aedefe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aedefe
  2. #9dc8e5
  3. #8bb2cb
  4. #7a9bb2
  5. #688598
  6. #576f7f
  7. #465966
  8. #34434c
  9. #232c33
  10. #111619
  11. #000000

Tints

#aedefe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aedefe
  2. #b6e1fe
  3. #bee5fe
  4. #c6e8fe
  5. #ceebfe
  6. #d7efff
  7. #dff2ff
  8. #e7f5ff
  9. #eff8ff
  10. #f7fcff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aedefe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aedefe
  2. #a9d5f1
  3. #a5cbe5
  4. #a0c2d8
  5. #9cb8cc
  6. #97afbf
  7. #92a6b2
  8. #8e9ca6
  9. #899399
  10. #85898d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d8d8d8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8dae8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0ddff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5d4fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #94e6e8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c3ddff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bcd8fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9fe3f1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aedefe {
  color: #aedefe;
}
Background
.bg-aedefe {
  background-color: #aedefe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aedefe {
  border: 2px solid #aedefe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aedefe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 222 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 98% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aedefe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aedefe, #aeb6fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aedefe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 222 254 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 4.67 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 5.77 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 5.78 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.02 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 6.39 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.64 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 6.88 #512101 Inverted #d8d8d8 Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#aedefe  rgb(174, 222, 254)  hsl(204, 98%, 84%)  Columbia Blue
#feceae  rgb(254, 206, 174)  hsl(24, 98%, 84%)  Apricot
#feaede  rgb(254, 174, 222)  hsl(324, 98%, 84%)  Carnation Pink
#defeae  rgb(222, 254, 174)  hsl(84, 98%, 84%)  Tea Green