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Recognised as Colour

#AAC6CF

  • #AAC6CF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#AAC6CF is a cyan with RGB values 170, 198, 207 and HSL 195°, 28%, 74%. 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 blue.

Colour values

#AAC6CF#AAC6CF
HEX#AAC6CF
RGBrgb(170, 198, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.7765, 0.8118
RGB percentages66.7%, 77.6%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(194.6, 27.8%, 73.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.6, 17.9%, 81.2%)
CMYK17.9%, 4.3%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,192,015
CSS custom property--colour: #AAC6CF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53439WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.69:1
Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#553930

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0C4D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#BABFCFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original
Tritanopia#A0C9C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 7.7Light steelblue · ΔE 9.8Powder blue · ΔE 10.4Silver · ΔE 10.7Light grey · ΔE 12.5Dark grey · ΔE 13.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 7.65, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CFB3AA
Analogous#AACFC6, #AAB4CF
Triadic#CFAAC6, #C6CFAA
Split complementary#CFAAB4, #CFC6AA
Tetradic#C6AACF, #CFB3AA, #B4CFAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EBF2F4
Lighter +10%#CBDCE1
Darker −10%#89B0BD
Darker −20%#699AAA
Darker −30%#51808F
Darker −40%#3E636F
More saturated +25%#99CFE0
Less saturated −25%#BBBDBE

Channel breakdown

R170
G198
B207
Red170 (66.7%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue194.59°
Saturation (HSL)27.82%
Lightness73.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G C6 · B CF

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