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Recognised as Colour

#AAD4EC

  • #AAD4EC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#AAD4EC is a blue with RGB values 170, 212, 236 and HSL 202°, 63%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#AAD4EC#AAD4EC
HEX#AAD4EC
RGBrgb(170, 212, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.8314, 0.9255
RGB percentages66.7%, 83.1%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(201.8, 63.5%, 79.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.8, 28%, 92.5%)
CMYK28%, 10.2%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,195,628
CSS custom property--colour: #AAD4EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61689WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.34:1
Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD
Inverted#552B13

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C9D2EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFCBECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Tritanopia#96DBDBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 5.5Light steelblue · ΔE 8.3Sky blue · ΔE 8.9Powder blue · ΔE 10.6Light skyblue · ΔE 12.8Lavender · ΔE 16.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 5.55, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECC2AA
Analogous#AAECE3, #AAB3EC
Triadic#ECAAD4, #D4ECAA
Split complementary#ECAAB3, #ECE3AA
Tetradic#E3AAEC, #ECC2AA, #B3ECAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFEFF
Lighter +10%#D4E9F5
Darker −10%#80BFE3
Darker −20%#57AAD9
Darker −30%#2E94CF
Darker −40%#2576A5
More saturated +25%#9DD8F9
Less saturated −25%#B7D0DF

Channel breakdown

R170
G212
B236
Red170 (66.7%)
Green212 (83.1%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue201.82°
Saturation (HSL)63.46%
Lightness79.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G D4 · B EC

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