Colour

#AABEEC

#AABEEC
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light steelblue

#AABEEC is a blue with RGB values 170, 190, 236 and HSL 222°, 63%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AABEEC#AABEEC

HEX#AABEEC

RGBrgb(170, 190, 236)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.7451, 0.9255

RGB percentages66.7%, 74.5%, 92.5%

HSLhsl(221.8, 63.5%, 79.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(221.8, 28%, 92.5%)

CMYK28%, 19.5%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,189,996

CSS custom property--colour: #AABEEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51429WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness190.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.29:1

Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.29:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD

Inverted#554113

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AFC1EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#AABBEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#98C7CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 11 Light skyblue · ΔE 14.9 Sky blue · ΔE 18.7 Thistle · ΔE 18.9 Light blue · ΔE 20.9 Lavender · ΔE 21.4

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 11.02, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#ECD8AA

Analogous#AADFEC, #B7AAEC

Triadic#ECAABE, #BEECAA

Split complementary#ECB7AA, #DFECAA

Tetradic#ECAADF, #ECD8AA, #AAECB7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FDFEFF

Lighter +10%#D4DEF5

Darker −10%#809EE3

Darker −20%#577ED9

Darker −30%#2E5FCF

Darker −40%#254CA5

More saturated +25%#9DB9F9

Less saturated −25%#B7C3DF

Channel breakdown

R170

G190

B236

Red170 (66.7%)

Green190 (74.5%)

Blue236 (92.5%)

Hue221.82°

Saturation (HSL)63.46%

Lightness79.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AA · G BE · B EC

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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