#aec7e6

Color #aec7e6

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 3.1 Nearest Tailwind class blue-200 #bedbff · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#aec7e6

RGB

rgb(174, 199, 230)

HSL

hsl(213.2, 52.8%, 79.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(213.2, 24.3%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.3%, 13.5%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(79.36, -1.69, -18.15)

LCH

lch(79.36, 18.23, 264.68)

OKLCH

oklch(82.1%, 0.0515, 253.89)

HWB

hwb(213.2, 68.2%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6cdae

Analogous

#aee3e6

#aec7e6

#b1aee6

Triadic

#aec7e6

#e6aec7

#c7e6ae

Split-complementary

#aec7e6

#e6b1ae

#e3e6ae

Tetradic

#aec7e6

#cdaee6

#e6cdae

#c7e6ae

Square

#aec7e6

#e6aee3

#e6cdae

#aee6b1

Shades

Color #aec7e6 mixed toward black.

#7ba3d6

#4780c6

#305f9a

#204067

#102033

Tints

Color #aec7e6 mixed toward white.

#bbd0ea

#c9daee

#d6e3f2

#e4ecf7

#f1f6fb

Tones

Color #aec7e6 mixed toward gray.

#b3c7e1

#b7c8dd

#bcc8d8

#c1c9d3

#c5c9cf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9badf · ΔE 9.9

Deuteranopia

#b8b6dd · ΔE 11.1

Tritanopia

#afd9d8 · ΔE 15.6

Achromatopsia

#c5c5c5 · ΔE 13

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #aec7e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aec7e6]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Frequently asked questions

#aec7e6 (#aec7e6) is rgb(174, 199, 230) in RGB.

No, #aec7e6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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