#aec4ef

Color #aec4ef

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 9.13 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#aec4ef

RGB

rgb(174, 196, 239)

HSL

hsl(219.7, 67%, 81%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(219.7, 27.2%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.2%, 18%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(78.87, 2.01, -23.72)

LCH

lch(78.87, 23.81, 274.84)

OKLCH

oklch(81.8%, 0.0655, 263.69)

HWB

hwb(219.7, 68.2%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efd9ae

Analogous

#aee5ef

#aec4ef

#b9aeef

Triadic

#aec4ef

#efaec4

#c4efae

Split-complementary

#aec4ef

#efb9ae

#e5efae

Tetradic

#aec4ef

#d9aeef

#efd9ae

#c4efae

Square

#aec4ef

#efaee5

#efd9ae

#aeefb9

Shades

Color #aec4ef mixed toward black.

#759ae4

#3b70d8

#2251ac

#173673

#0b1b39

Tints

Color #aec4ef mixed toward white.

#bccef2

#c9d8f4

#d7e2f7

#e4ebfa

#f2f5fc

Tones

Color #aec4ef mixed toward gray.

#b3c6ea

#b9c8e4

#bec9df

#c4cbd9

#c9cdd4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.94:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b8b8e6 · ΔE 7.4

Deuteranopia

#b7b5e3 · ΔE 8.2

Tritanopia

#afdedc · ΔE 20.1

Achromatopsia

#c3c3c3 · ΔE 15.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aec4ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aec4ef]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#aec4ef (#aec4ef) is rgb(174, 196, 239) in RGB.

No, #aec4ef 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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