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Recognised as Colour

#AAC2DE

  • #AAC2DE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AAC2DE is a blue with RGB values 170, 194, 222 and HSL 212°, 44%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AAC2DE#AAC2DE
HEX#AAC2DE
RGBrgb(170, 194, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.7608, 0.8706
RGB percentages66.7%, 76.1%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(212.3, 44.1%, 76.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(212.3, 23.4%, 87.1%)
CMYK23.4%, 12.6%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,191,006
CSS custom property--colour: #AAC2DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52404WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.48:1
Contrast with white1.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#553D21

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8C3DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B2BDDDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Tritanopia#9CC8CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.83:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 1.9Light blue · ΔE 12Sky blue · ΔE 13.7Light skyblue · ΔE 14.9Silver · ΔE 16.8Lavender · ΔE 16.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 1.88, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DEC6AA
Analogous#AADCDE, #ACAADE
Triadic#DEAAC2, #C2DEAA
Split complementary#DEACAA, #DCDEAA
Tetradic#DEAADC, #DEC6AA, #AADEAC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F3F7FB
Lighter +10%#CFDCEC
Darker −10%#85A8D0
Darker −20%#618DC1
Darker −30%#4373AC
Darker −40%#355B87
More saturated +25%#9BC1ED
Less saturated −25%#B9C3CF

Channel breakdown

R170
G194
B222
Red170 (66.7%)
Green194 (76.1%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue212.31°
Saturation (HSL)44.07%
Lightness76.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G C2 · B DE

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