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Recognised as Colour

#AAC3DE

  • #AAC3DE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AAC3DE is a blue with RGB values 170, 195, 222 and HSL 211°, 44%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AAC3DE#AAC3DE
HEX#AAC3DE
RGBrgb(170, 195, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.7647, 0.8706
RGB percentages66.7%, 76.5%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(211.2, 44.1%, 76.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(211.2, 23.4%, 87.1%)
CMYK23.4%, 12.2%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,191,262
CSS custom property--colour: #AAC3DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5285WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.57:1
Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#553C21

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9C3DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3BEDDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Tritanopia#9CC9CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 1.8Light blue · ΔE 11.3Sky blue · ΔE 13.3Light skyblue · ΔE 14.9Powder blue · ΔE 16.4Silver · ΔE 16.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 1.8, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DEC5AA
Analogous#AADDDE, #ABAADE
Triadic#DEAAC3, #C3DEAA
Split complementary#DEABAA, #DDDEAA
Tetradic#DEAADD, #DEC5AA, #AADEAB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F3F7FB
Lighter +10%#CFDDEC
Darker −10%#85A9D0
Darker −20%#618FC1
Darker −30%#4375AC
Darker −40%#355C87
More saturated +25%#9BC2ED
Less saturated −25%#B9C4CF

Channel breakdown

R170
G195
B222
Red170 (66.7%)
Green195 (76.5%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue211.15°
Saturation (HSL)44.07%
Lightness76.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G C3 · B DE

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