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Recognised as Colour

#AAD8FE

  • #AAD8FE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#AAD8FE is a blue with RGB values 170, 216, 254 and HSL 207°, 98%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#AAD8FE#AAD8FE
HEX#AAD8FE
RGBrgb(170, 216, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.8471, 0.9961
RGB percentages66.7%, 84.7%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(207.1, 97.7%, 83.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(207.1, 33.1%, 99.6%)
CMYK33.1%, 15%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,196,670
CSS custom property--colour: #AAD8FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64814WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness208.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.96:1
Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#552701

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C9D8FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#BECFFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Tritanopia#8FE1E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 8.4Sky blue · ΔE 10.3Light steelblue · ΔE 11.2Light blue · ΔE 12.8Powder blue · ΔE 17.4Lavender · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 8.39, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FED0AA
Analogous#AAFEFA, #AAAEFE
Triadic#FEAAD8, #D8FEAA
Split complementary#FEAAAE, #FEFAAA
Tetradic#FAAAFE, #FED0AA, #AEFEAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DCEFFF
Darker −10%#78C1FD
Darker −20%#45AAFD
Darker −30%#1393FC
Darker −40%#0378D9
More saturated +25%#A9D8FF
Less saturated −25%#B5D7F3

Channel breakdown

R170
G216
B254
Red170 (66.7%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue207.14°
Saturation (HSL)97.67%
Lightness83.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G D8 · B FE

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