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#AEDEFF

#aedeff ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aedeff 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 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.76% cyan, 12.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 204.44°, with 100% saturation and 84.12% 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 14.69:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 4.9.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.6846

Complementary

  1. #aedeff
  2. #ffcfae

Split complementary

  1. #aedeff
  2. #ffaeb6
  3. #fff7ae

Analogous

  1. #aefff7
  2. #aedeff
  3. #aeb6ff

Triadic

  1. #aedeff
  2. #ffaede
  3. #deffae

Tetradic

  1. #aedeff
  2. #cfaeff
  3. #ffcfae
  4. #deffae

Square

  1. #aedeff
  2. #f7aeff
  3. #ffcfae
  4. #b6ffae

Monochromatic

  1. #15a0ff
  2. #62bfff
  3. #aedeff
  4. #ebf7ff
  5. #ebf7ff

Shades

#aedeff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aedeff
  2. #9dc8e6
  3. #8bb2cc
  4. #7a9bb3
  5. #688599
  6. #576f80
  7. #465966
  8. #34434d
  9. #232c33
  10. #11161a
  11. #000000

Tints

#aedeff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aedeff
  2. #b6e1ff
  3. #bee5ff
  4. #c6e8ff
  5. #ceebff
  6. #d7efff
  7. #dff2ff
  8. #e7f5ff
  9. #eff8ff
  10. #f7fcff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aedeff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aedeff
  2. #a9d5f2
  3. #a5cbe6
  4. #a0c2d9
  5. #9cb8cc
  6. #97afc0
  7. #92a6b3
  8. #8e9ca6
  9. #899399
  10. #85898d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.69:1 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 #c5d4fe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #94e6e9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c3ddff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bcd8ff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9fe3f2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aedeff {
  color: #aedeff;
}
Background
.bg-aedeff {
  background-color: #aedeff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aedeff {
  border: 2px solid #aedeff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aedeff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 222 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 100% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aedeff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aedeff, #aeb6ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aedeff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 222 255 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 4.90 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 5.72 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 5.89 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 6.12 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 6.71 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.80 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 7.19 #512100 Inverted #d8d8d8 Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#aedeff  rgb(174, 222, 255)  hsl(204, 100%, 84%)  Columbia Blue
#ffcfae  rgb(255, 207, 174)  hsl(24, 100%, 84%)  Apricot
#ffaede  rgb(255, 174, 222)  hsl(324, 100%, 84%)  Carnation Pink
#deffae  rgb(222, 255, 174)  hsl(84, 100%, 84%)  Tea Green