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#AEBEE2

#aebee2 ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aebee2 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 74.51% green and 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.01% cyan, 15.93% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 221.54°, with 47.27% saturation and 78.43% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 4.31.

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Relative luminance0.5132

Complementary

  1. #aebee2
  2. #e2d2ae

Split complementary

  1. #aebee2
  2. #e2b8ae
  3. #d8e2ae

Analogous

  1. #aed8e2
  2. #aebee2
  3. #b8aee2

Triadic

  1. #aebee2
  2. #e2aebe
  3. #bee2ae

Tetradic

  1. #aebee2
  2. #d2aee2
  3. #e2d2ae
  4. #bee2ae

Square

  1. #aebee2
  2. #e2aed8
  3. #e2d2ae
  4. #aee2b8

Monochromatic

  1. #4165b6
  2. #7691ce
  3. #aebee2
  4. #e6ebf6
  5. #f0f3fa

Shades

#aebee2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aebee2
  2. #9dabcb
  3. #8b98b5
  4. #7a859e
  5. #687288
  6. #575f71
  7. #464c5a
  8. #343944
  9. #23262d
  10. #111317
  11. #000000

Tints

#aebee2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aebee2
  2. #b6c5e5
  3. #becbe8
  4. #c6d2eb
  5. #ced8ee
  6. #d7dff1
  7. #dfe5f3
  8. #e7ecf6
  9. #eff2f9
  10. #f7f9fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aebee2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aebee2
  2. #a9b8d8
  3. #a5b2ce
  4. #a0abc5
  5. #9ca5bb
  6. #979fb1
  7. #9299a7
  8. #8e939d
  9. #898c94
  10. #85868a
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8becd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b3c0e4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aebce1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a1c5ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b1bfe3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #aebde1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a6c2d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aebee2 {
  color: #aebee2;
}
Background
.bg-aebee2 {
  background-color: #aebee2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aebee2 {
  border: 2px solid #aebee2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aebee2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 190 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 222 47% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aebee2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aebee2, #b8aee2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aebee2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 190 226 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 4.31 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 4.75 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.49 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 9.61 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 11.66 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 12.17 #e6e6fa Lavender ΔE 12.41 #51411d Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#aebee2  rgb(174, 190, 226)  hsl(222, 47%, 78%)  Light Steel Blue
#e2d2ae  rgb(226, 210, 174)  hsl(42, 47%, 78%)  Wheat
#e2aebe  rgb(226, 174, 190)  hsl(342, 47%, 78%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#bee2ae  rgb(190, 226, 174)  hsl(102, 47%, 78%)  Tea Green