#aec6ec

Color #aec6ec

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 6.5 Nearest Tailwind class blue-200 #bedbff · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#aec6ec

RGB

rgb(174, 198, 236)

HSL

hsl(216.8, 62%, 80.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.8, 26.3%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.3%, 16.1%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(79.29, 0.24, -21.47)

LCH

lch(79.29, 21.47, 270.64)

OKLCH

oklch(82.1%, 0.0598, 259.5)

HWB

hwb(216.8, 68.2%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ecd4ae

Analogous

#aee5ec

#aec6ec

#b5aeec

Triadic

#aec6ec

#ecaec6

#c6ecae

Split-complementary

#aec6ec

#ecb5ae

#e5ecae

Tetradic

#aec6ec

#d4aeec

#ecd4ae

#c6ecae

Square

#aec6ec

#ecaee5

#ecd4ae

#aeecb5

Shades

Color #aec6ec mixed toward black.

#779fdf

#3f78d2

#2758a6

#1a3b6f

#0d1d37

Tints

Color #aec6ec mixed toward white.

#bccfef

#c9d9f2

#d7e2f6

#e4ecf9

#f2f5fc

Tones

Color #aec6ec mixed toward gray.

#b3c7e7

#b8c8e2

#becadd

#c3cbd7

#c8ccd2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b9e4 · ΔE 8.6

Deuteranopia

#b7b6e1 · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#afdddb · ΔE 18.5

Achromatopsia

#c4c4c4 · ΔE 14.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aec6ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aec6ec]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#aec6ec (#aec6ec) is rgb(174, 198, 236) in RGB.

No, #aec6ec 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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