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#AED8EA

#aed8ea ≈ Light Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aed8ea is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 84.71% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.64% cyan, 7.69% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 198°, 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 13.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Blue (#add8e6), ΔE 1.77.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.6405

Complementary

  1. #aed8ea
  2. #eac0ae

Split complementary

  1. #aed8ea
  2. #eaaeba
  3. #eadeae

Analogous

  1. #aeeade
  2. #aed8ea
  3. #aebaea

Triadic

  1. #aed8ea
  2. #eaaed8
  3. #d8eaae

Tetradic

  1. #aed8ea
  2. #c0aeea
  3. #eac0ae
  4. #d8eaae

Square

  1. #aed8ea
  2. #deaeea
  3. #eac0ae
  4. #baeaae

Monochromatic

  1. #359dca
  2. #71bbda
  3. #aed8ea
  4. #ebf5fa
  5. #eff7fb

Shades

#aed8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aed8ea
  2. #9dc2d3
  3. #8badbb
  4. #7a97a4
  5. #68828c
  6. #576c75
  7. #46565e
  8. #344146
  9. #232b2f
  10. #111617
  11. #000000

Tints

#aed8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aed8ea
  2. #b6dcec
  3. #bee0ee
  4. #c6e4f0
  5. #cee8f2
  6. #d7ecf5
  7. #dfeff7
  8. #e7f3f9
  9. #eff7fb
  10. #f7fbfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aed8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aed8ea
  2. #a9cfdf
  3. #a5c6d5
  4. #a0beca
  5. #9cb5c0
  6. #97acb5
  7. #92a3aa
  8. #8e9aa0
  9. #899295
  10. #85898b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d1d1d1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c4d4dc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ced6eb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c5ceea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9cdede ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2d7eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bcd2ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a3dbe3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aed8ea {
  color: #aed8ea;
}
Background
.bg-aed8ea {
  background-color: #aed8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aed8ea {
  border: 2px solid #aed8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aed8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 216 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 59% 80%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aed8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aed8ea, #aebaea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aed8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 216 234 / 0.35);
}

#add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 1.77 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 2.75 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 3.75 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.13 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 5.91 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 5.98 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 6.06 #512715 Inverted #d1d1d1 Grayscale 

Light Blue
#aed8ea  rgb(174, 216, 234)  hsl(198, 59%, 80%)  Light Blue
#eac0ae  rgb(234, 192, 174)  hsl(18, 59%, 80%)  Zinnwaldite
#eaaed8  rgb(234, 174, 216)  hsl(318, 59%, 80%)  Plum
#d8eaae  rgb(216, 234, 174)  hsl(78, 59%, 80%)  Tea Green