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#AEDFFA

#aedffa ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aedffa 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, 87.45% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.4% cyan, 10.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 201.32°, with 88.37% saturation and 83.14% 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 14.74:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 3.95.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.6868

Complementary

  1. #aedffa
  2. #fac9ae

Split complementary

  1. #aedffa
  2. #faaeb9
  3. #faefae

Analogous

  1. #aefaef
  2. #aedffa
  3. #aeb9fa

Triadic

  1. #aedffa
  2. #faaedf
  3. #dffaae

Tetradic

  1. #aedffa
  2. #c9aefa
  3. #fac9ae
  4. #dffaae

Square

  1. #aedffa
  2. #efaefa
  3. #fac9ae
  4. #b9faae

Monochromatic

  1. #1ea6f1
  2. #66c3f6
  3. #aedffa
  4. #ecf7fe
  5. #ecf7fe

Shades

#aedffa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aedffa
  2. #9dc9e1
  3. #8bb2c8
  4. #7a9caf
  5. #688696
  6. #57707d
  7. #465964
  8. #34434b
  9. #232d32
  10. #111619
  11. #000000

Tints

#aedffa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aedffa
  2. #b6e2fb
  3. #bee5fb
  4. #c6e9fc
  5. #ceecfc
  6. #d7effd
  7. #dff2fd
  8. #e7f5fe
  9. #eff9fe
  10. #f7fcff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aedffa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aedffa
  2. #a9d6ee
  3. #a5cce2
  4. #a0c3d5
  5. #9cb9c9
  6. #97b0bd
  7. #92a6b1
  8. #8e9da5
  9. #899398
  10. #858a8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d8d8d8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c9dbe6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2ddfb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7d4fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #96e6e7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c5defb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bed9fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a0e4ef ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aedffa {
  color: #aedffa;
}
Background
.bg-aedffa {
  background-color: #aedffa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aedffa {
  border: 2px solid #aedffa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aedffa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 223 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 88% 83%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aedffa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aedffa, #aeb9fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aedffa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 223 250 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 3.95 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 4.74 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 5.15 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 5.50 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.99 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.02 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 6.44 #512005 Inverted #d8d8d8 Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#aedffa  rgb(174, 223, 250)  hsl(201, 88%, 83%)  Columbia Blue
#fac9ae  rgb(250, 201, 174)  hsl(21, 88%, 83%)  Apricot
#faaedf  rgb(250, 174, 223)  hsl(321, 88%, 83%)  Carnation Pink
#dffaae  rgb(223, 250, 174)  hsl(81, 88%, 83%)  Tea Green