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#AEE3ED

#aee3ed ≈ Powder Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aee3ed is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 89.02% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.58% cyan, 4.22% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 189.52°, with 63.64% saturation and 80.59% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 15.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Powder Blue (#b0e0e6), ΔE 1.7.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.7005

Complementary

  1. #aee3ed
  2. #edb8ae

Split complementary

  1. #aee3ed
  2. #edaec4
  3. #edd8ae

Analogous

  1. #aeedd8
  2. #aee3ed
  3. #aec4ed

Triadic

  1. #aee3ed
  2. #edaee3
  3. #e3edae

Tetradic

  1. #aee3ed
  2. #b8aeed
  3. #edb8ae
  4. #e3edae

Square

  1. #aee3ed
  2. #d8aeed
  3. #edb8ae
  4. #c4edae

Monochromatic

  1. #31b8d1
  2. #6fcddf
  3. #aee3ed
  4. #edf9fb
  5. #eef9fb

Shades

#aee3ed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aee3ed
  2. #9dccd5
  3. #8bb6be
  4. #7a9fa6
  5. #68888e
  6. #577277
  7. #465b5f
  8. #344447
  9. #232d2f
  10. #111718
  11. #000000

Tints

#aee3ed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aee3ed
  2. #b6e6ef
  3. #bee9f1
  4. #c6ebf2
  5. #ceeef4
  6. #d7f1f6
  7. #dff4f8
  8. #e7f7fa
  9. #eff9fb
  10. #f7fcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aee3ed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aee3ed
  2. #a9d9e2
  3. #a5cfd7
  4. #a0c5cc
  5. #9cbbc1
  6. #97b2b7
  7. #92a8ac
  8. #8e9ea1
  9. #899496
  10. #858a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dadada ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cadee2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dadfee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cfd6ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9ae8e6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cae0ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3dced ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a2e6e9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aee3ed {
  color: #aee3ed;
}
Background
.bg-aee3ed {
  background-color: #aee3ed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aee3ed {
  border: 2px solid #aee3ed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aee3ed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 227 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 190 64% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aee3ed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aee3ed, #aec4ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aee3ed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 227 237 / 0.35);
}

#b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 1.70 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 2.61 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 3.90 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 5.30 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 7.32 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 8.13 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.24 #511c12 Inverted #dadada Grayscale 

Powder Blue
#aee3ed  rgb(174, 227, 237)  hsl(190, 64%, 81%)  Powder Blue
#edb8ae  rgb(237, 184, 174)  hsl(10, 64%, 81%)  Melon
#edaee3  rgb(237, 174, 227)  hsl(310, 64%, 81%)  Plum
#e3edae  rgb(227, 237, 174)  hsl(70, 64%, 81%)  Pale Goldenrod