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Recognised as Colour

#AAECF1

  • #AAECF1
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#AAECF1 is a cyan with RGB values 170, 236, 241 and HSL 184°, 72%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#AAECF1#AAECF1
HEX#AAECF1
RGBrgb(170, 236, 241)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.9255, 0.9451
RGB percentages66.7%, 92.5%, 94.5%
HSLhsl(184.2, 71.7%, 80.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.2, 29.5%, 94.5%)
CMYK29.5%, 2.1%, 0%, 5.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,201,777
CSS custom property--colour: #AAECF1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74888WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.98:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#55130E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2E6F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6DCF1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original
Tritanopia#91F1EDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.1 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 text15.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 2.8Powder blue · ΔE 6.3Light blue · ΔE 10.4Light cyan · ΔE 13.9Sky blue · ΔE 16.5Azure · ΔE 18.9
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 2.77, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F1AFAA
Analogous#AAF1D3, #AAC8F1
Triadic#F1AAEC, #ECF1AA
Split complementary#F1AAC9, #F1D3AA
Tetradic#D3AAF1, #F1AFAA, #C8F1AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D6F6F8
Darker −10%#7EE2EA
Darker −20%#52D8E3
Darker −30%#27CFDB
Darker −40%#1DA7B2
More saturated +25%#9EF7FD
Less saturated −25%#B6E1E5

Channel breakdown

R170
G236
B241
Red170 (66.7%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue241 (94.5%)
Hue184.23°
Saturation (HSL)71.72%
Lightness80.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G EC · B F1

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