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Recognised as Colour

#AAE6DE

  • #AAE6DE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#AAE6DE is a cyan with RGB values 170, 230, 222 and HSL 172°, 55%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#AAE6DE#AAE6DE
HEX#AAE6DE
RGBrgb(170, 230, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.902, 0.8706
RGB percentages66.7%, 90.2%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(172, 54.5%, 78.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172, 26.1%, 90.2%)
CMYK26.1%, 0%, 3.5%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,200,222
CSS custom property--colour: #AAE6DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70414WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness212.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.08:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#551921

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E0DFDEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21 from the original
Deuteranopia#D5D7DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original
Tritanopia#98E9E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 5.1Powder blue · ΔE 8.7Light blue · ΔE 13.8Light cyan · ΔE 15.1Honeydew · ΔE 18.9Azure · ΔE 19.6
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 5.12, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6AAB2
Analogous#AAE6C0, #AAD0E6
Triadic#DEAAE6, #E6DEAA
Split complementary#E6AAD0, #E6C0AA
Tetradic#C0AAE6, #E6AAB2, #D0E6AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F9FDFD
Lighter +10%#D1F2ED
Darker −10%#83DACF
Darker −20%#5BCFBF
Darker −30%#38BFAD
Darker −40%#2D9789
More saturated +25%#9CF4E8
Less saturated −25%#B8D8D4

Channel breakdown

R170
G230
B222
Red170 (66.7%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue172°
Saturation (HSL)54.55%
Lightness78.43%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AA · G E6 · B DE

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