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Colour

#AAE6FF

  • #AAE6FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#AAE6FF is a cyan with RGB values 170, 230, 255 and HSL 198°, 100%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#AAE6FF#AAE6FF
HEX#AAE6FF
RGBrgb(170, 230, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.902, 1
RGB percentages66.7%, 90.2%, 100%
HSLhsl(197.6, 100%, 83.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.6, 33.3%, 100%)
CMYK33.3%, 9.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,200,255
CSS custom property--colour: #AAE6FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7236WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.47:1
Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB
Inverted#551900

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8E3FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#CCD9FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.6 from the original
Tritanopia#8DEEEEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 8.3Sky blue · ΔE 9.6Powder blue · ΔE 10.4Light skyblue · ΔE 13.5Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.6Light steelblue · ΔE 15.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 8.29, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFC3AA
Analogous#AAFFED, #AABBFF
Triadic#FFAAE6, #E6FFAA
Split complementary#FFAABB, #FFEDAA
Tetradic#EDAAFF, #FFC3AA, #BBFFAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DDF5FF
Darker −10%#77D7FF
Darker −20%#44C8FF
Darker −30%#11B9FF
Darker −40%#009CDD
More saturated +25%#AAE6FF
Less saturated −25%#B5E2F4

Channel breakdown

R170
G230
B255
Red170 (66.7%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue197.65°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness83.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G E6 · B FF

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