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#AED2EA

#aed2ea ≈ Columbia Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aed2ea is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 82.35% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.64% cyan, 10.26% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 204°, with 58.82% saturation and 80% 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 13.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Columbia Blue (#b9d9eb), ΔE 2.71.

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Relative luminance0.6103

Complementary

  1. #aed2ea
  2. #eac6ae

Split complementary

  1. #aed2ea
  2. #eaaeb4
  3. #eae4ae

Analogous

  1. #aeeae4
  2. #aed2ea
  3. #aeb4ea

Triadic

  1. #aed2ea
  2. #eaaed2
  3. #d2eaae

Tetradic

  1. #aed2ea
  2. #c6aeea
  3. #eac6ae
  4. #d2eaae

Square

  1. #aed2ea
  2. #e4aeea
  3. #eac6ae
  4. #b4eaae

Monochromatic

  1. #358eca
  2. #71b0da
  3. #aed2ea
  4. #ebf4fa
  5. #eff6fb

Shades

#aed2ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aed2ea
  2. #9dbdd3
  3. #8ba8bb
  4. #7a93a4
  5. #687e8c
  6. #576975
  7. #46545e
  8. #343f46
  9. #232a2f
  10. #111517
  11. #000000

Tints

#aed2ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aed2ea
  2. #b6d7ec
  3. #bedbee
  4. #c6e0f0
  5. #cee4f2
  6. #d7e9f5
  7. #dfedf7
  8. #e7f2f9
  9. #eff6fb
  10. #f7fbfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aed2ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aed2ea
  2. #a9cadf
  3. #a5c2d5
  4. #a0b9ca
  5. #9cb1c0
  6. #97a9b5
  7. #92a1aa
  8. #8e99a0
  9. #899095
  10. #85888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cdcdcd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c1cfd9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c7d1eb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bfcaea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9dd8da ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bed1eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b9cdea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a4d6e0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aed2ea {
  color: #aed2ea;
}
Background
.bg-aed2ea {
  background-color: #aed2ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aed2ea {
  border: 2px solid #aed2ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aed2ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 210 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 59% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aed2ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aed2ea, #aeb4ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aed2ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 210 234 / 0.35);
}

#b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 2.71 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 3.27 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 5.21 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 6.16 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 6.16 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 6.19 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.68 #512d15 Inverted #cdcdcd Grayscale 

Columbia Blue
#aed2ea  rgb(174, 210, 234)  hsl(204, 59%, 80%)  Columbia Blue
#eac6ae  rgb(234, 198, 174)  hsl(24, 59%, 80%)  Desert Sand
#eaaed2  rgb(234, 174, 210)  hsl(324, 59%, 80%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#d2eaae  rgb(210, 234, 174)  hsl(84, 59%, 80%)  Tea Green