Colour

#AAF6FE

#AAF6FE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Pale turquoise

#AAF6FE is a cyan with RGB values 170, 246, 254 and HSL 186°, 98%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#AAF6FE#AAF6FE

HEX#AAF6FE

RGBrgb(170, 246, 254)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.9647, 0.9961

RGB percentages66.7%, 96.5%, 99.6%

HSLhsl(185.7, 97.7%, 83.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(185.7, 33.1%, 99.6%)

CMYK33.1%, 3.1%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,204,350

CSS custom property--colour: #AAF6FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81613WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness227 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.32:1

Contrast with white1.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black17.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6

Inverted#550901

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EBF0FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#DCE4FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original

Tritanopia#8BFCF8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text17.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 5.7 Powder blue · ΔE 10.1 Light blue · ΔE 13.5 Light cyan · ΔE 14.9 Sky blue · ΔE 17.8 Azure · ΔE 20.1

Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 5.68, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FEB2AA

Analogous#AAFEDC, #AACCFE

Triadic#FEAAF6, #F6FEAA

Split complementary#FEAACC, #FEDCAA

Tetradic#DCAAFE, #FEB2AA, #CCFEAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#DCFBFF

Darker −10%#78F1FD

Darker −20%#45EBFD

Darker −30%#13E6FC

Darker −40%#03C5D9

More saturated +25%#A9F7FF

Less saturated −25%#B5EDF3

Channel breakdown

R170

G246

B254

Red170 (66.7%)

Green246 (96.5%)

Blue254 (99.6%)

Hue185.71°

Saturation (HSL)97.67%

Lightness83.14%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AA · G F6 · B FE

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