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Recognised as Colour

#AAD0DC

  • #AAD0DC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#AAD0DC is a cyan with RGB values 170, 208, 220 and HSL 194°, 42%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#AAD0DC#AAD0DC
HEX#AAD0DC
RGBrgb(170, 208, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.8157, 0.8627
RGB percentages66.7%, 81.6%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(194.4, 41.7%, 76.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.4, 22.7%, 86.3%)
CMYK22.7%, 5.5%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,194,588
CSS custom property--colour: #AAD0DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58825WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness198.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.77:1
Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#552F23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C8CDDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C0C7DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original
Tritanopia#9BD4D4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 3.1Powder blue · ΔE 6.8Light steelblue · ΔE 10.4Sky blue · ΔE 12.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.7Light grey · ΔE 14.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 3.14, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCB6AA
Analogous#AADCCF, #AAB7DC
Triadic#DCAAD0, #D0DCAA
Split complementary#DCAAB7, #DCCFAA
Tetradic#CFAADC, #DCB6AA, #B7DCAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F2F8FA
Lighter +10%#CEE4EB
Darker −10%#86BCCD
Darker −20%#62A8BE
Darker −30%#4590A8
Darker −40%#367184
More saturated +25%#9BD8EB
Less saturated −25%#B9C8CD

Channel breakdown

R170
G208
B220
Red170 (66.7%)
Green208 (81.6%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue194.4°
Saturation (HSL)41.67%
Lightness76.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G D0 · B DC

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