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Recognised as Colour

#AAF8FB

  • #AAF8FB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#AAF8FB is a cyan with RGB values 170, 248, 251 and HSL 182°, 91%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#AAF8FB#AAF8FB
HEX#AAF8FB
RGBrgb(170, 248, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.9725, 0.9843
RGB percentages66.7%, 97.3%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(182.2, 91%, 82.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.2, 32.3%, 98.4%)
CMYK32.3%, 1.2%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,204,859
CSS custom property--colour: #AAF8FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82646WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness227.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.53:1
Contrast with white1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8
Inverted#550704

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EEF1FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#DFE6FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25 from the original
Tritanopia#8BFDF9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.2:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 5.1Powder blue · ΔE 11.2Light cyan · ΔE 15.1Light blue · ΔE 15.3Sky blue · ΔE 20.1Azure · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 5.12, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBADAA
Analogous#AAFBD5, #AAD0FB
Triadic#FBAAF8, #F8FBAA
Split complementary#FBAAD0, #FBD5AA
Tetradic#D5AAFB, #FBADAA, #D0FBAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DBFCFD
Darker −10%#79F4F9
Darker −20%#49F0F6
Darker −30%#18ECF4
Darker −40%#0AC8CF
More saturated +25%#A6FCFF
Less saturated −25%#B5EEF0

Channel breakdown

R170
G248
B251
Red170 (66.7%)
Green248 (97.3%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue182.22°
Saturation (HSL)91.01%
Lightness82.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G F8 · B FB

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