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Colour

#AACCEE

  • #AACCEE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AACCEE is a blue with RGB values 170, 204, 238 and HSL 210°, 67%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AACCEE#AACCEE
HEX#AACCEE
HEX (short)#ACE
RGBrgb(170, 204, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.8, 0.9333
RGB percentages66.7%, 80%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(210, 66.7%, 80%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210, 28.6%, 93.3%)
CMYK28.6%, 14.3%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,193,582
CSS custom property--colour: #AACCEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57905WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.58:1
Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#553311

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BFCCF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7C5EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Tritanopia#96D4D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.2Light skyblue · ΔE 10.8Sky blue · ΔE 11.3Light blue · ΔE 11.9Powder blue · ΔE 17.1Lavender · ΔE 17.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.18, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EECCAA
Analogous#AAEEEE, #AAAAEE
Triadic#EEAACC, #CCEEAA
Split complementary#EEAAAA, #EEEEAA
Tetradic#EEAAEE, #EECCAA, #AAEEAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D5E6F7
Darker −10%#7FB3E6
Darker −20%#5599DD
Darker −30%#2A80D5
Darker −40%#2266AA
More saturated +25%#9DCCFB
Less saturated −25%#B7CCE1

Channel breakdown

R170
G204
B238
Red170 (66.7%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue210°
Saturation (HSL)66.67%
Lightness80%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G CC · B EE

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