Colour

#AAE8F0

#AAE8F0
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#AAE8F0 is a cyan with RGB values 170, 232, 240 and HSL 187°, 70%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#AAE8F0#AAE8F0

HEX#AAE8F0

RGBrgb(170, 232, 240)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.9098, 0.9412

RGB percentages66.7%, 91%, 94.1%

HSLhsl(186.9, 70%, 80.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(186.9, 29.2%, 94.1%)

CMYK29.2%, 3.3%, 0%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,200,752

CSS custom property--colour: #AAE8F0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72551WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.51:1

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

Contrast with black15.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB

Inverted#55170F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DEE3F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#D2D9F0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original

Tritanopia#92EDEAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.6 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 text15.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 4.6 Pale turquoise · ΔE 4.7 Light blue · ΔE 8.1 Light cyan · ΔE 14.1 Sky blue · ΔE 14.6 Azure · ΔE 18.7

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 4.64, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F0B2AA

Analogous#AAF0D5, #AAC5F0

Triadic#F0AAE8, #E8F0AA

Split complementary#F0AAC5, #F0D5AA

Tetradic#D5AAF0, #F0B2AA, #C5F0AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#D5F4F8

Darker −10%#7FDCE8

Darker −20%#53D1E1

Darker −30%#28C5D9

Darker −40%#1F9FAF

More saturated +25%#9EF2FD

Less saturated −25%#B7DEE4

Channel breakdown

R170

G232

B240

Red170 (66.7%)

Green232 (91%)

Blue240 (94.1%)

Hue186.86°

Saturation (HSL)70%

Lightness80.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AA · G E8 · B F0

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