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Recognised as Colour

#AAD4E1

  • #AAD4E1
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#AAD4E1 is a cyan with RGB values 170, 212, 225 and HSL 194°, 48%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#AAD4E1#AAD4E1
HEX#AAD4E1
RGBrgb(170, 212, 225)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.8314, 0.8824
RGB percentages66.7%, 83.1%, 88.2%
HSLhsl(194.2, 47.8%, 77.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.2, 24.4%, 88.2%)
CMYK24.4%, 5.8%, 0%, 11.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,195,617
CSS custom property--colour: #AAD4E1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61069WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness202 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.21:1
Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#552B1E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CBD1E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3CAE1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Tritanopia#99D9D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 1.5Powder blue · ΔE 5.7Light steelblue · ΔE 11.2Sky blue · ΔE 11.6Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.5Light grey · ΔE 15.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 1.5, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E1B7AA
Analogous#AAE1D2, #AAB9E1
Triadic#E1AAD4, #D4E1AA
Split complementary#E1AAB9, #E1D2AA
Tetradic#D2AAE1, #E1B7AA, #B9E1AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F5FAFC
Lighter +10%#D0E7EE
Darker −10%#84C1D4
Darker −20%#5FAEC6
Darker −30%#3F98B3
Darker −40%#32788D
More saturated +25%#9CDCEF
Less saturated −25%#B8CCD3

Channel breakdown

R170
G212
B225
Red170 (66.7%)
Green212 (83.1%)
Blue225 (88.2%)
Hue194.18°
Saturation (HSL)47.83%
Lightness77.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G D4 · B E1

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