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Colour

#AAABEE

  • #AAABEE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#AAABEE is a blue with RGB values 170, 171, 238 and HSL 239°, 67%, 80%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#AAABEE#AAABEE
HEX#AAABEE
RGBrgb(170, 171, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6706, 0.9333
RGB percentages66.7%, 67.1%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(239.1, 66.7%, 80%)
HSV / HSBhsv(239.1, 28.6%, 93.3%)
CMYK28.6%, 28.2%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,185,134
CSS custom property--colour: #AAABEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43845WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.77:1
Contrast with white2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#555411

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#98B3F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#96AFECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Tritanopia#99B7C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.4Plum · ΔE 21.6Light steelblue · ΔE 24.9Thistle · ΔE 25.6Light skyblue · ΔE 26.8Steel blue · ΔE 27
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 19.4, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEEDAA
Analogous#AACDEE, #CBAAEE
Triadic#EEAAAB, #ABEEAA
Split complementary#EECBAA, #CDEEAA
Tetradic#EEAACD, #EEEDAA, #AAEECB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D5D5F7
Darker −10%#7F81E6
Darker −20%#5557DD
Darker −30%#2A2DD5
Darker −40%#2224AA
More saturated +25%#9D9FFB
Less saturated −25%#B7B7E1

Channel breakdown

R170
G171
B238
Red170 (66.7%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue239.12°
Saturation (HSL)66.67%
Lightness80%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G AB · B EE

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