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Colour

#AAEAD8

  • #AAEAD8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#AAEAD8 is a cyan with RGB values 170, 234, 216 and HSL 163°, 60%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#AAEAD8#AAEAD8
HEX#AAEAD8
RGBrgb(170, 234, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.9176, 0.8471
RGB percentages66.7%, 91.8%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(163.1, 60.4%, 79.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(163.1, 27.4%, 91.8%)
CMYK27.4%, 0%, 7.7%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,201,240
CSS custom property--colour: #AAEAD8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7235WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.47:1
Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB
Inverted#551527

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E5E2D7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#DADAD9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Tritanopia#99ECE4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.8Powder blue · ΔE 14.3Light cyan · ΔE 17.9Light blue · ΔE 19.3Honeydew · ΔE 19.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 9.8, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAAABC
Analogous#AAEAB8, #AADCEA
Triadic#D8AAEA, #EAD8AA
Split complementary#EAAADC, #EAB8AA
Tetradic#B8AAEA, #EAAABC, #DCEAAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FCFEFE
Lighter +10%#D3F4EB
Darker −10%#81E0C5
Darker −20%#58D6B2
Darker −30%#32C99F
Darker −40%#28A07E
More saturated +25%#9DF7DE
Less saturated −25%#B7DDD2

Channel breakdown

R170
G234
B216
Red170 (66.7%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue163.13°
Saturation (HSL)60.38%
Lightness79.22%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AA · G EA · B D8

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