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Recognised as Colour

#AAD9CE

  • #AAD9CE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#AAD9CE is a cyan with RGB values 170, 217, 206 and HSL 166°, 38%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#AAD9CE#AAD9CE
HEX#AAD9CE
RGBrgb(170, 217, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.851, 0.8078
RGB percentages66.7%, 85.1%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(166, 38.2%, 75.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(166, 21.7%, 85.1%)
CMYK21.7%, 0%, 5.1%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,196,878
CSS custom property--colour: #AAD9CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62628WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness202.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.53:1
Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#552631

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D5D3CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#CCCDCFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original
Tritanopia#9EDBD6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 9.5Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.9Light blue · ΔE 13.6Light cyan · ΔE 16.9Light grey · ΔE 17.5Gainsboro · ΔE 18
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 9.52, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D9AAB5
Analogous#AAD9B7, #AACCD9
Triadic#CEAAD9, #D9CEAA
Split complementary#D9AACC, #D9B7AA
Tetradic#B7AAD9, #D9AAB5, #CCD9AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F0F9F7
Lighter +10%#CDE9E2
Darker −10%#87C9BA
Darker −20%#64B9A5
Darker −30%#48A28D
Darker −40%#397E6E
More saturated +25%#9BE8D6
Less saturated −25%#B9CAC6

Channel breakdown

R170
G217
B206
Red170 (66.7%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue165.96°
Saturation (HSL)38.21%
Lightness75.88%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AA · G D9 · B CE

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