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Recognised as Colour

#AAE9F2

  • #AAE9F2
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#AAE9F2 is a cyan with RGB values 170, 233, 242 and HSL 188°, 73%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#AAE9F2#AAE9F2
HEX#AAE9F2
RGBrgb(170, 233, 242)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.9137, 0.949
RGB percentages66.7%, 91.4%, 94.9%
HSLhsl(187.5, 73.5%, 80.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(187.5, 29.8%, 94.9%)
CMYK29.8%, 3.7%, 0%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,201,010
CSS custom property--colour: #AAE9F2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73235WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.65:1
Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC
Inverted#55160D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DFE4F3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#D2DAF2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Tritanopia#91EEECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.65:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 5Powder blue · ΔE 5.1Light blue · ΔE 8.3Light cyan · ΔE 14.2Sky blue · ΔE 14.4Azure · ΔE 18.8
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 5.01, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F2B3AA
Analogous#AAF2D7, #AAC5F2
Triadic#F2AAE9, #E9F2AA
Split complementary#F2AAC5, #F2D7AA
Tetradic#D7AAF2, #F2B3AA, #C5F2AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D6F4F9
Darker −10%#7EDEEB
Darker −20%#52D2E4
Darker −30%#25C7DE
Darker −40%#1CA1B4
More saturated +25%#9EF2FE
Less saturated −25%#B6E0E6

Channel breakdown

R170
G233
B242
Red170 (66.7%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue242 (94.9%)
Hue187.5°
Saturation (HSL)73.47%
Lightness80.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G E9 · B F2

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