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Recognised as Colour

#AAE9F7

  • #AAE9F7
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#AAE9F7 is a cyan with RGB values 170, 233, 247 and HSL 191°, 83%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#AAE9F7#AAE9F7
HEX#AAE9F7
RGBrgb(170, 233, 247)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.9137, 0.9686
RGB percentages66.7%, 91.4%, 96.9%
HSLhsl(190.9, 82.8%, 81.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.9, 31.2%, 96.9%)
CMYK31.2%, 5.7%, 0%, 3.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,201,015
CSS custom property--colour: #AAE9F7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73539WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.71:1
Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD
Inverted#551608

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DEE4F8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1DAF7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Tritanopia#8FEFEDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.3 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 text15.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 6.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 7.6Light blue · ΔE 7.6Sky blue · ΔE 12.6Light cyan · ΔE 14.9Light steelblue · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 6.24, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F7B8AA
Analogous#AAF7DE, #AAC3F7
Triadic#F7AAE9, #E9F7AA
Split complementary#F7AAC3, #F7DEAA
Tetradic#DFAAF7, #F7B8AA, #C3F7AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D9F5FB
Darker −10%#7BDDF3
Darker −20%#4DD1EE
Darker −30%#1EC5EA
Darker −40%#12A3C3
More saturated +25%#A2EEFF
Less saturated −25%#B6E2EB

Channel breakdown

R170
G233
B247
Red170 (66.7%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue247 (96.9%)
Hue190.91°
Saturation (HSL)82.8%
Lightness81.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G E9 · B F7

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