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Recognised as Colour

#AABAE2

  • #AABAE2
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AABAE2 is a blue with RGB values 170, 186, 226 and HSL 223°, 49%, 78%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AABAE2#AABAE2
HEX#AABAE2
RGBrgb(170, 186, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.7294, 0.8863
RGB percentages66.7%, 72.9%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(222.9, 49.1%, 77.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.9, 24.8%, 88.6%)
CMYK24.8%, 17.7%, 0%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,188,962
CSS custom property--colour: #AABAE2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49155WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.83:1
Contrast with white1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#55451D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AEBDE4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A9B8E1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#9CC2C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.5Light skyblue · ΔE 16.1Thistle · ΔE 16.7Sky blue · ΔE 18.4Light blue · ΔE 19.3Lavender · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.48, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E2D2AA
Analogous#AAD6E2, #B6AAE2
Triadic#E2AABA, #BAE2AA
Split complementary#E2B6AA, #D6E2AA
Tetradic#E2AAD6, #E2D2AA, #AAE2B6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6F8FC
Lighter +10%#D0D9EF
Darker −10%#849BD5
Darker −20%#5E7CC8
Darker −30%#3E60B5
Darker −40%#314C8F
More saturated +25%#9CB4F0
Less saturated −25%#B8C0D4

Channel breakdown

R170
G186
B226
Red170 (66.7%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue222.86°
Saturation (HSL)49.12%
Lightness77.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G BA · B E2

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