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Recognised as Colour

#AAD5E2

  • #AAD5E2
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#AAD5E2 is a cyan with RGB values 170, 213, 226 and HSL 194°, 49%, 78%. 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

#AAD5E2#AAD5E2
HEX#AAD5E2
RGBrgb(170, 213, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.8353, 0.8863
RGB percentages66.7%, 83.5%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(193.9, 49.1%, 77.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.9, 24.8%, 88.6%)
CMYK24.8%, 5.8%, 0%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,195,874
CSS custom property--colour: #AAD5E2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61626WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness202.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.33:1
Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD
Inverted#552A1D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CCD2E3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3CBE2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Tritanopia#99DAD9no 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 text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 1.2Powder blue · ΔE 5.4Sky blue · ΔE 11.5Light steelblue · ΔE 11.5Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.2Light grey · ΔE 15.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 1.22, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E2B7AA
Analogous#AAE2D3, #AAB9E2
Triadic#E2AAD5, #D5E2AA
Split complementary#E2AAB9, #E2D3AA
Tetradic#D3AAE2, #E2B7AA, #B9E2AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6FBFC
Lighter +10%#D0E8EF
Darker −10%#84C2D5
Darker −20%#5EAFC8
Darker −30%#3E99B5
Darker −40%#31798F
More saturated +25%#9CDDF0
Less saturated −25%#B8CDD4

Channel breakdown

R170
G213
B226
Red170 (66.7%)
Green213 (83.5%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue193.93°
Saturation (HSL)49.12%
Lightness77.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G D5 · B E2

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