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Recognised as Colour

#AAC5DD

  • #AAC5DD
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AAC5DD is a blue with RGB values 170, 197, 221 and HSL 208°, 43%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AAC5DD#AAC5DD
HEX#AAC5DD
RGBrgb(170, 197, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.7725, 0.8667
RGB percentages66.7%, 77.3%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(208.2, 42.9%, 76.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208.2, 23.1%, 86.7%)
CMYK23.1%, 10.9%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,191,773
CSS custom property--colour: #AAC5DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53699WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.74:1
Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#553A22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BCC5DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B5BFDDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Tritanopia#9CCBCDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 2.6Light blue · ΔE 9.6Sky blue · ΔE 12.7Powder blue · ΔE 14.6Light skyblue · ΔE 15.3Silver · ΔE 15.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 2.61, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDC2AA
Analogous#AADDDB, #AAABDD
Triadic#DDAAC5, #C5DDAA
Split complementary#DDAAAB, #DDDBAA
Tetradic#DBAADD, #DDC2AA, #ABDDAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F3F7FA
Lighter +10%#CEDEEC
Darker −10%#86ACCE
Darker −20%#6193C0
Darker −30%#447AAA
Darker −40%#356086
More saturated +25%#9BC6EC
Less saturated −25%#B9C4CE

Channel breakdown

R170
G197
B221
Red170 (66.7%)
Green197 (77.3%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue208.24°
Saturation (HSL)42.86%
Lightness76.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G C5 · B DD

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