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Colour

#AACDEE

  • #AACDEE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AACDEE is a blue with RGB values 170, 205, 238 and HSL 209°, 67%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AACDEE#AACDEE
HEX#AACDEE
RGBrgb(170, 205, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.8039, 0.9333
RGB percentages66.7%, 80.4%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(209.1, 66.7%, 80%)
HSV / HSBhsv(209.1, 28.6%, 93.3%)
CMYK28.6%, 13.9%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,193,838
CSS custom property--colour: #AACDEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58382WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.68:1
Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#553211

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C0CDF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8C6EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Tritanopia#96D5D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.2Light skyblue · ΔE 10.8Sky blue · ΔE 10.9Light blue · ΔE 11.3Powder blue · ΔE 16.4Lavender · ΔE 17
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#EECBAA
Analogous#AAEEED, #AAABEE
Triadic#EEAACD, #CDEEAA
Split complementary#EEAAAB, #EEEDAA
Tetradic#EDAAEE, #EECBAA, #ABEEAA

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%#7FB4E6
Darker −20%#559BDD
Darker −30%#2A82D5
Darker −40%#2268AA
More saturated +25%#9DCDFB
Less saturated −25%#B7CDE1

Channel breakdown

R170
G205
B238
Red170 (66.7%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue209.12°
Saturation (HSL)66.67%
Lightness80%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G CD · B EE

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