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#AEE8FE

#aee8fe ≈ Non-Photo Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#aee8fe 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, 90.98% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.5% cyan, 8.66% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 196.5°, 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 15.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Non-Photo Blue (#a4dded), ΔE 3.35.

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Web safe#99ffff
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Relative luminance0.7387

Complementary

  1. #aee8fe
  2. #fec4ae

Split complementary

  1. #aee8fe
  2. #feaec0
  3. #feecae

Analogous

  1. #aefeec
  2. #aee8fe
  3. #aec0fe

Triadic

  1. #aee8fe
  2. #feaee8
  3. #e8feae

Tetradic

  1. #aee8fe
  2. #c4aefe
  3. #fec4ae
  4. #e8feae

Square

  1. #aee8fe
  2. #ecaefe
  3. #fec4ae
  4. #c0feae

Monochromatic

  1. #17bdfc
  2. #62d3fd
  3. #aee8fe
  4. #ebf9ff
  5. #ebf9ff

Shades

#aee8fe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aee8fe
  2. #9dd1e5
  3. #8bbacb
  4. #7aa2b2
  5. #688b98
  6. #57747f
  7. #465d66
  8. #34464c
  9. #232e33
  10. #111719
  11. #000000

Tints

#aee8fe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aee8fe
  2. #b6eafe
  3. #beedfe
  4. #c6effe
  5. #cef1fe
  6. #d7f4ff
  7. #dff6ff
  8. #e7f8ff
  9. #effaff
  10. #f7fdff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aee8fe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aee8fe
  2. #a9def1
  3. #a5d3e5
  4. #a0c9d8
  5. #9cbecc
  6. #97b4bf
  7. #92aab2
  8. #8e9fa6
  9. #899599
  10. #858a8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dfdfdf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cde3ec ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dbe5ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cfdbfe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #93efef ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cbe6ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3e0fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9fecf5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aee8fe {
  color: #aee8fe;
}
Background
.bg-aee8fe {
  background-color: #aee8fe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aee8fe {
  border: 2px solid #aee8fe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aee8fe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 232 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 98% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aee8fe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aee8fe, #aec0fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aee8fe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 232 254 / 0.35);
}

#a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 3.35 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 4.55 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 5.99 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 6.03 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.86 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 6.93 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.53 #511701 Inverted #dfdfdf Grayscale 

Non-Photo Blue
#aee8fe  rgb(174, 232, 254)  hsl(197, 98%, 84%)  Non-Photo Blue
#fec4ae  rgb(254, 196, 174)  hsl(17, 98%, 84%)  Zinnwaldite
#feaee8  rgb(254, 174, 232)  hsl(317, 98%, 84%)  Plum
#e8feae  rgb(232, 254, 174)  hsl(77, 98%, 84%)  Pastel Yellow