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Colour

#AAD8FF

  • #AAD8FF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#AAD8FF is a blue with RGB values 170, 216, 255 and HSL 208°, 100%, 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

#AAD8FF#AAD8FF
HEX#AAD8FF
RGBrgb(170, 216, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.8471, 1
RGB percentages66.7%, 84.7%, 100%
HSLhsl(207.5, 100%, 83.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(207.5, 33.3%, 100%)
CMYK33.3%, 15.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,196,671
CSS custom property--colour: #AAD8FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64878WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness208.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.98:1
Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#552700

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C8D8FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDCFFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original
Tritanopia#8FE1E5no 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 text13.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 8.3Sky blue · ΔE 10.7Light steelblue · ΔE 11.4Light blue · ΔE 13.3Powder blue · ΔE 17.9Lavender · ΔE 18.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 8.27, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFD1AA
Analogous#AAFFFB, #AAADFF
Triadic#FFAAD8, #D8FFAA
Split complementary#FFAAAE, #FFFBAA
Tetradic#FBAAFF, #FFD1AA, #AEFFAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DDEFFF
Darker −10%#77C1FF
Darker −20%#44A9FF
Darker −30%#1192FF
Darker −40%#0078DD
More saturated +25%#AAD8FF
Less saturated −25%#B5D7F4

Channel breakdown

R170
G216
B255
Red170 (66.7%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue207.53°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness83.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G D8 · B FF

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