Colour

#AAE7FF

#AAE7FF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Light blue

#AAE7FF is a cyan with RGB values 170, 231, 255 and HSL 197°, 100%, 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

#AAE7FF#AAE7FF

HEX#AAE7FF

RGBrgb(170, 231, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.9059, 1

RGB percentages66.7%, 90.6%, 100%

HSLhsl(196.9, 100%, 83.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(196.9, 33.3%, 100%)

CMYK33.3%, 9.4%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,200,511

CSS custom property--colour: #AAE7FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72918WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.58:1

Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC

Inverted#551800

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D9E4FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#CDD9FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original

Tritanopia#8DEFEEno 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 text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 8.3 Sky blue · ΔE 9.9 Powder blue · ΔE 10.1 Pale turquoise · ΔE 13 Light skyblue · ΔE 14.1 Light steelblue · ΔE 16.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 8.27, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FFC2AA

Analogous#AAFFED, #AABCFF

Triadic#FFAAE7, #E7FFAA

Split complementary#FFAABC, #FFECAA

Tetradic#EDAAFF, #FFC2AA, #BCFFAA

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%#77D9FF

Darker −20%#44CAFF

Darker −30%#11BCFF

Darker −40%#009FDD

More saturated +25%#AAE7FF

Less saturated −25%#B5E2F4

Channel breakdown

R170

G231

B255

Red170 (66.7%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue196.94°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness83.33%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AA · G E7 · B FF

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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