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Recognised as Colour

#AAC6EE

  • #AAC6EE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AAC6EE is a blue with RGB values 170, 198, 238 and HSL 215°, 67%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AAC6EE#AAC6EE
HEX#AAC6EE
RGBrgb(170, 198, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.7765, 0.9333
RGB percentages66.7%, 77.6%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(215.3, 66.7%, 80%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.3, 28.6%, 93.3%)
CMYK28.6%, 16.8%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,192,046
CSS custom property--colour: #AAC6EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55107WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness195.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.02:1
Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#553911

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8C8F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1C1EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Tritanopia#97CED3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 7.7Light skyblue · ΔE 11.8Sky blue · ΔE 14.5Light blue · ΔE 16.1Lavender · ΔE 18.8Thistle · ΔE 19.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.72, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EED2AA
Analogous#AAE8EE, #B0AAEE
Triadic#EEAAC6, #C6EEAA
Split complementary#EEB0AA, #E8EEAA
Tetradic#EEAAE8, #EED2AA, #AAEEB0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D5E3F7
Darker −10%#7FAAE6
Darker −20%#558DDD
Darker −30%#2A71D5
Darker −40%#225AAA
More saturated +25%#9DC4FB
Less saturated −25%#B7C8E1

Channel breakdown

R170
G198
B238
Red170 (66.7%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue215.29°
Saturation (HSL)66.67%
Lightness80%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G C6 · B EE

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