#aec5ea

Color #aec5ea

A moderately saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 5.93 Nearest Tailwind class blue-200 #bedbff · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#aec5ea

RGB

rgb(174, 197, 234)

HSL

hsl(217, 58.8%, 80%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217, 25.6%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.6%, 15.8%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(78.97, 0.31, -20.9)

LCH

lch(78.97, 20.9, 270.85)

OKLCH

oklch(81.9%, 0.0581, 259.89)

HWB

hwb(217, 68.2%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ead3ae

Analogous

#aee3ea

#aec5ea

#b5aeea

Triadic

#aec5ea

#eaaec5

#c5eaae

Split-complementary

#aec5ea

#eab5ae

#e3eaae

Tetradic

#aec5ea

#d3aeea

#ead3ae

#c5eaae

Square

#aec5ea

#eaaee3

#ead3ae

#aeeab5

Shades

Color #aec5ea mixed toward black.

#789edc

#4278ce

#2a58a2

#1c3b6c

#0e1d36

Tints

Color #aec5ea mixed toward white.

#bccfed

#c9d8f1

#d7e2f4

#e4ecf8

#f2f5fb

Tones

Color #aec5ea mixed toward gray.

#b3c6e5

#b8c7e0

#bdc9db

#c2cad6

#c7cbd1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.97:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b8b9e2 · ΔE 8.2

Deuteranopia

#b7b5e0 · ΔE 9.3

Tritanopia

#afdbd9 · ΔE 18.3

Achromatopsia

#c3c3c3 · ΔE 14.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aec5ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aec5ea]

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

#aec5ea (#aec5ea) is rgb(174, 197, 234) in RGB.

No, #aec5ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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