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Hex #ae9ee8

#ae9ee8 is a great light blue shade for your next project. Scroll down for #ae9ee8 color information, color shades and color usage information.

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#ae9ee8 Conversion table

Category	blue (light blue)
HEX	#ae9ee8 copy to clipboard
RGB	R 174 G 158 B 232 RGB (174, 158, 232) copy to clipboard
HSL	H 252.97 S 0.62 L 0.76
CMYK	C 23% M 29% Y 0% K 9%
Usage of blue	The color #ae9ee8 is a great light shade. Is it suitable for text, buttons or backgrounds? Read usage recommendations ...

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#ae9ee8 Conversion and Usage

Conversion results of this color to RGB, CMYK and HSL. Usage Recommendations on the right.

#ae9ee8 to RGB conversion

Red	174	174% RED
Green	158	158% GREEN
Blue	232	232% BLUE

CSS code: color: rgb(174, 158, 232); // for css text color
background-color: rgb(174, 158, 232); // for css background-color

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#ae9ee8 to CMYK conversion

Cyan	Magenta	Yellow	Black
22.75 %	29.02 %	0 %	9.02 %

#ae9ee8 to HSL conversion

Hue	Saturation	Lightness
252.973	0.62	0.76

CSS code: color: hsl(253, 62%, 76%);

HSL is supported in all major browsers!

Usage of #ae9ee8

Recommendations for light backgrounds in respect of a good contrast.

Usage for Text:	not recommended (low contrast)
Usage for headings:	not recommended (low contrast)
Usage as fill color:	recommended
Usage for buttons:	watch out for enough contrast

As a rather light shade, this color can very well be used as a fill/background, also to bigger elements. If there is no obvious reason, we do not recommend using it as text-color on white backgrounds (low contrast gives bad accessability-rating). Some usage-examples for #ae9ee8

Tints and Shades of #ae9ee8

Tints of #ae9ee8		Shades of #ae9ee8
	The actual color		The actual color
	5% lighter		5% darker
	10% lighter		10% darker
	15% lighter		15% darker

Color Examples: This is a blue Heading in #ae9ee8

This shows how text with the hex-color #ae9ee8 would look on a white background. Because of the lightness of the color this color is not recommended to be used as font-color. However, if you know what you are doing, feel free to use this color for anything you think it would be nice :-)!

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Blue Color Scheme based on #ae9ee8

Primary
#ae9ee8 (already open)

Secondary
#d8e89e

Tertiary
#ffffff

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Complementary Color: #d8e89e

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Blue Webdesign Color Scheme based on #ae9ee8

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