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Recognised as Colour

#AAE7EF

  • #AAE7EF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#AAE7EF is a cyan with RGB values 170, 231, 239 and HSL 187°, 68%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#AAE7EF#AAE7EF
HEX#AAE7EF
RGBrgb(170, 231, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.9059, 0.9373
RGB percentages66.7%, 90.6%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(187, 68.3%, 80.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(187, 28.9%, 93.7%)
CMYK28.9%, 3.3%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,200,495
CSS custom property--colour: #AAE7EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7193WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness215.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.39:1
Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB
Inverted#551810

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DDE2F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1D9EFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19 from the original
Tritanopia#92ECE9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.7 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 text15.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 4.3Pale turquoise · ΔE 4.9Light blue · ΔE 7.8Light cyan · ΔE 14.1Sky blue · ΔE 14.4Azure · ΔE 18.6
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 4.27, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFB2AA
Analogous#AAEFD5, #AAC4EF
Triadic#EFAAE7, #E7EFAA
Split complementary#EFAAC4, #EFD5AA
Tetradic#D5AAEF, #EFB2AA, #C5EFAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D5F3F7
Darker −10%#7FDBE7
Darker −20%#54CFDF
Darker −30%#29C3D7
Darker −40%#209CAD
More saturated +25%#9DF1FC
Less saturated −25%#B7DDE2

Channel breakdown

R170
G231
B239
Red170 (66.7%)
Green231 (90.6%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue186.96°
Saturation (HSL)68.32%
Lightness80.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G E7 · B EF

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