#aec3ff

Color #aec3ff

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 17.57 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#aec3ff

RGB

rgb(174, 195, 255)

HSL

hsl(224.4, 100%, 84.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(224.4, 31.8%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.8%, 23.5%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(79.18, 6.42, -31.81)

LCH

lch(79.18, 32.45, 281.41)

OKLCH

oklch(82.3%, 0.088, 269.48)

HWB

hwb(224.4, 68.2%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ffeaae

Analogous

#aeecff

#aec3ff

#c1aeff

Triadic

#aec3ff

#ffaec3

#c3ffae

Split-complementary

#aec3ff

#ffc1ae

#ecffae

Tetradic

#aec3ff

#eaaeff

#ffeaae

#c3ffae

Square

#aec3ff

#ffaeec

#ffeaae

#aeffc1

Shades

Color #aec3ff mixed toward black.

#668eff

#1f59ff

#0038d6

#00258f

#001347

Tints

Color #aec3ff mixed toward white.

#bbcdff

#c9d7ff

#d6e1ff

#e4ebff

#f1f5ff

Tones

Color #aec3ff mixed toward gray.

#b5c6f8

#bbc9f1

#c2cdeb

#c9d0e4

#d0d3dd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.05:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b7b8f2 · ΔE 6

Deuteranopia

#b6b5ef · ΔE 6.8

Tritanopia

#afe8e5 · ΔE 24

Achromatopsia

#c4c4c4 · ΔE 19

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #aec3ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aec3ff]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#aec3ff (#aec3ff) is rgb(174, 195, 255) in RGB.

No, #aec3ff is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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