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Recognised as Colour

#AAE7FE

  • #AAE7FE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#AAE7FE is a cyan with RGB values 170, 231, 254 and HSL 196°, 98%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#AAE7FE#AAE7FE
HEX#AAE7FE
RGBrgb(170, 231, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.9059, 0.9961
RGB percentages66.7%, 90.6%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(196.4, 97.7%, 83.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.4, 33.1%, 99.6%)
CMYK33.1%, 9.1%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,200,510
CSS custom property--colour: #AAE7FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72854WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.57:1
Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC
Inverted#551801

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DAE4FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#CDD9FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original
Tritanopia#8DEEEEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 8Powder blue · ΔE 9.6Sky blue · ΔE 10Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.5Light skyblue · ΔE 14.5Light steelblue · ΔE 16.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 7.98, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEC1AA
Analogous#AAFEEB, #AABDFE
Triadic#FEAAE7, #E7FEAA
Split complementary#FEAABD, #FEEBAA
Tetradic#EBAAFE, #FEC1AA, #BDFEAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DCF5FF
Darker −10%#78D9FD
Darker −20%#45CBFD
Darker −30%#13BCFC
Darker −40%#039FD9
More saturated +25%#A9E7FF
Less saturated −25%#B5E2F3

Channel breakdown

R170
G231
B254
Red170 (66.7%)
Green231 (90.6%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue196.43°
Saturation (HSL)97.67%
Lightness83.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G E7 · B FE

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