Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#AAAEDD

  • #AAAEDD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AAAEDD is a blue with RGB values 170, 174, 221 and HSL 235°, 43%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AAAEDD#AAAEDD
HEX#AAAEDD
RGBrgb(170, 174, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.6824, 0.8667
RGB percentages66.7%, 68.2%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(235.3, 42.9%, 76.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(235.3, 23.1%, 86.7%)
CMYK23.1%, 21.3%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,185,885
CSS custom property--colour: #AAAEDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44039WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.81:1
Contrast with white2.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#555122

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A1B3DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FB0DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Tritanopia#9EB6BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.14:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 14.7Thistle · ΔE 17.4Light skyblue · ΔE 21.3Light slate grey · ΔE 23.5Plum · ΔE 24Sky blue · ΔE 24.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 14.67, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDD9AA
Analogous#AAC8DD, #BFAADD
Triadic#DDAAAE, #AEDDAA
Split complementary#DDBFAA, #C8DDAA
Tetradic#DDAAC8, #DDD9AA, #AADDBF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F3F3FA
Lighter +10%#CED1EC
Darker −10%#868BCE
Darker −20%#6169C0
Darker −30%#444CAA
Darker −40%#353C86
More saturated +25%#9BA1EC
Less saturated −25%#B9BBCE

Channel breakdown

R170
G174
B221
Red170 (66.7%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue235.29°
Saturation (HSL)42.86%
Lightness76.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G AE · B DD

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “aaaedd” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.