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Recognised as Colour

#AAE4DC

  • #AAE4DC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#AAE4DC is a cyan with RGB values 170, 228, 220 and HSL 172°, 52%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#AAE4DC#AAE4DC
HEX#AAE4DC
RGBrgb(170, 228, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.8941, 0.8627
RGB percentages66.7%, 89.4%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(171.7, 51.8%, 78%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.7, 25.4%, 89.4%)
CMYK25.4%, 0%, 3.5%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,199,708
CSS custom property--colour: #AAE4DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.692WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness211.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.84:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#551B23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DEDEDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original
Deuteranopia#D3D5DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21 from the original
Tritanopia#99E7E1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 5.5Powder blue · ΔE 8.4Light blue · ΔE 13.4Light cyan · ΔE 15.2Honeydew · ΔE 18.9Azure · ΔE 19.5
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 5.54, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E4AAB2
Analogous#AAE4BF, #AACFE4
Triadic#DCAAE4, #E4DCAA
Split complementary#E4AACF, #E4BFAA
Tetradic#BFAAE4, #E4AAB2, #CFE4AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7FDFC
Lighter +10%#D1F0EC
Darker −10%#83D8CC
Darker −20%#5DCBBC
Darker −30%#3BBAA8
Darker −40%#2F9385
More saturated +25%#9CF2E6
Less saturated −25%#B8D6D2

Channel breakdown

R170
G228
B220
Red170 (66.7%)
Green228 (89.4%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue171.72°
Saturation (HSL)51.79%
Lightness78.04%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AA · G E4 · B DC

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