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Recognised as Colour

#AAC8D7

  • #AAC8D7
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#AAC8D7 is a blue with RGB values 170, 200, 215 and HSL 200°, 36%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#AAC8D7#AAC8D7
HEX#AAC8D7
RGBrgb(170, 200, 215)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.7843, 0.8431
RGB percentages66.7%, 78.4%, 84.3%
HSLhsl(200, 36%, 75.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200, 20.9%, 84.3%)
CMYK20.9%, 7%, 0%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,192,535
CSS custom property--colour: #AAC8D7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54761WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.95:1
Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#553728

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0C6D8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#BAC1D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Tritanopia#9DCCCDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 6.4Light steelblue · ΔE 7.1Powder blue · ΔE 10.6Silver · ΔE 12.8Sky blue · ΔE 13.2Light grey · ΔE 14
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 6.43, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D7B9AA
Analogous#AAD7D0, #AAB2D7
Triadic#D7AAC8, #C8D7AA
Split complementary#D7AAB2, #D7D0AA
Tetradic#D0AAD7, #D7B9AA, #B2D7AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EFF5F8
Lighter +10%#CDDEE7
Darker −10%#87B2C7
Darker −20%#659BB6
Darker −30%#4A829E
Darker −40%#3A657B
More saturated +25%#9ACDE7
Less saturated −25%#BAC3C7

Channel breakdown

R170
G200
B215
Red170 (66.7%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue215 (84.3%)
Hue200°
Saturation (HSL)36%
Lightness75.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G C8 · B D7

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