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Recognised as Colour

#AAECF9

  • #AAECF9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#AAECF9 is a cyan with RGB values 170, 236, 249 and HSL 190°, 87%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#AAECF9#AAECF9
HEX#AAECF9
RGBrgb(170, 236, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.9255, 0.9765
RGB percentages66.7%, 92.5%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(189.9, 86.8%, 82.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189.9, 31.7%, 97.6%)
CMYK31.7%, 5.2%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,201,785
CSS custom property--colour: #AAECF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75377WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness220 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.08:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF
Inverted#551306

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E1E7FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D3DDF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Tritanopia#8EF2F0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.1 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 text16.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 6.9Powder blue · ΔE 6.9Light blue · ΔE 8.9Sky blue · ΔE 13.6Light cyan · ΔE 14.8Azure · ΔE 19.3
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 6.85, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F9B7AA
Analogous#AAF9DF, #AAC4F9
Triadic#F9AAEC, #ECF9AA
Split complementary#F9AAC4, #F9DFAA
Tetradic#DFAAF9, #F9B7AA, #C4F9AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DAF7FC
Darker −10%#7AE1F6
Darker −20%#4BD7F2
Darker −30%#1BCCEF
Darker −40%#0EAAC9
More saturated +25%#A4F0FF
Less saturated −25%#B5E4EE

Channel breakdown

R170
G236
B249
Red170 (66.7%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue189.87°
Saturation (HSL)86.81%
Lightness82.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G EC · B F9

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