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Recognised as Colour

#AAE4FF

  • #AAE4FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#AAE4FF is a cyan with RGB values 170, 228, 255 and HSL 199°, 100%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#AAE4FF#AAE4FF
HEX#AAE4FF
RGBrgb(170, 228, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.8941, 1
RGB percentages66.7%, 89.4%, 100%
HSLhsl(199.1, 100%, 83.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.1, 33.3%, 100%)
CMYK33.3%, 10.6%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,199,743
CSS custom property--colour: #AAE4FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71253WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.25:1
Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#551B00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D6E1FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#CAD7FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Tritanopia#8DECECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 8.5Sky blue · ΔE 9.1Powder blue · ΔE 11.3Light skyblue · ΔE 12.4Light steelblue · ΔE 14.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 8.51, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFC5AA
Analogous#AAFFEF, #AABAFF
Triadic#FFAAE4, #E4FFAA
Split complementary#FFAABA, #FFEFAA
Tetradic#EFAAFF, #FFC5AA, #BAFFAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DDF4FF
Darker −10%#77D4FF
Darker −20%#44C4FF
Darker −30%#11B3FF
Darker −40%#0097DD
More saturated +25%#AAE4FF
Less saturated −25%#B5E0F4

Channel breakdown

R170
G228
B255
Red170 (66.7%)
Green228 (89.4%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue199.06°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness83.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G E4 · B FF

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