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Recognised as Colour

#AAF8FE

  • #AAF8FE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#AAF8FE is a cyan with RGB values 170, 248, 254 and HSL 184°, 98%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#AAF8FE#AAF8FE
HEX#AAF8FE
RGBrgb(170, 248, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.9725, 0.9961
RGB percentages66.7%, 97.3%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(184.3, 97.7%, 83.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.3, 33.1%, 99.6%)
CMYK33.1%, 2.4%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,204,862
CSS custom property--colour: #AAF8FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.82837WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness228.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.57:1
Contrast with white1.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E8E8E8
Inverted#550701

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EDF1FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#DEE6FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original
Tritanopia#8AFEFAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.8 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 text17.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 5.7Powder blue · ΔE 11Light blue · ΔE 14.7Light cyan · ΔE 15.1Sky blue · ΔE 19Azure · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 5.67, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEB0AA
Analogous#AAFEDA, #AACEFE
Triadic#FEAAF8, #F8FEAA
Split complementary#FEAACE, #FEDAAA
Tetradic#DAAAFE, #FEB0AA, #CEFEAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DCFCFF
Darker −10%#78F4FD
Darker −20%#45F0FD
Darker −30%#13ECFC
Darker −40%#03CAD9
More saturated +25%#A9F9FF
Less saturated −25%#B5EFF3

Channel breakdown

R170
G248
B254
Red170 (66.7%)
Green248 (97.3%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue184.29°
Saturation (HSL)97.67%
Lightness83.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G F8 · B FE

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