Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#AACEDF

  • #AACEDF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#AACEDF is a cyan with RGB values 170, 206, 223 and HSL 199°, 45%, 77%. 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 blue.

Colour values

#AACEDF#AACEDF
HEX#AACEDF
RGBrgb(170, 206, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.8078, 0.8745
RGB percentages66.7%, 80.8%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(199.2, 45.3%, 77.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.2, 23.8%, 87.5%)
CMYK23.8%, 7.6%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,194,079
CSS custom property--colour: #AACEDF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58016WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.6:1
Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#553120

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C5CCE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDC6DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.2 from the original
Tritanopia#9AD3D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.9 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 text12.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 4.2Light steelblue · ΔE 7.8Powder blue · ΔE 9.1Sky blue · ΔE 11.3Silver · ΔE 15.1Light grey · ΔE 15.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 4.19, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFBBAA
Analogous#AADFD5, #AAB3DF
Triadic#DFAACE, #CEDFAA
Split complementary#DFAAB4, #DFD5AA
Tetradic#D5AADF, #DFBBAA, #B3DFAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4F9FB
Lighter +10%#CFE3ED
Darker −10%#85B9D1
Darker −20%#60A3C3
Darker −30%#428BAE
Darker −40%#346E89
More saturated +25%#9BD3EE
Less saturated −25%#B9C9D0

Channel breakdown

R170
G206
B223
Red170 (66.7%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue199.25°
Saturation (HSL)45.3%
Lightness77.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G CE · B DF

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “aacedf” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.