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Recognised as Colour

#AAEBFF

  • #AAEBFF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#AAEBFF is a cyan with RGB values 170, 235, 255 and HSL 194°, 100%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#AAEBFF#AAEBFF
HEX#AAEBFF
RGBrgb(170, 235, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.9216, 1
RGB percentages66.7%, 92.2%, 100%
HSLhsl(194.1, 100%, 83.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.1, 33.3%, 100%)
CMYK33.3%, 7.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,201,535
CSS custom property--colour: #AAEBFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75183WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness220.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.04:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF
Inverted#551400

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DEE7FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1DCFFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Tritanopia#8CF2F1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 8.8Powder blue · ΔE 9Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.6Sky blue · ΔE 11.5Light cyan · ΔE 16.3Light skyblue · ΔE 16.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 8.76, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFBEAA
Analogous#AAFFE8, #AAC0FF
Triadic#FFAAEB, #EBFFAA
Split complementary#FFAAC0, #FFE8AA
Tetradic#E8AAFF, #FFBEAA, #C0FFAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DDF7FF
Darker −10%#77DFFF
Darker −20%#44D3FF
Darker −30%#11C7FF
Darker −40%#00A9DD
More saturated +25%#AAEBFF
Less saturated −25%#B5E5F4

Channel breakdown

R170
G235
B255
Red170 (66.7%)
Green235 (92.2%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue194.12°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness83.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G EB · B FF

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