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Recognised as Colour

#AEAADD

  • #AEAADD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AEAADD is a blue with RGB values 174, 170, 221 and HSL 245°, 43%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AEAADD#AEAADD
HEX#AEAADD
RGBrgb(174, 170, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6667, 0.8667
RGB percentages68.2%, 66.7%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(244.7, 42.9%, 76.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(244.7, 23.1%, 86.7%)
CMYK21.3%, 23.1%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,447,005
CSS custom property--colour: #AEAADD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42969WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.59:1
Contrast with white2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#515522

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9DB0DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8 from the original
Deuteranopia#9DAEDCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Tritanopia#A4B2BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 18Thistle · ΔE 18.1Plum · ΔE 20.8Light skyblue · ΔE 24.5Light slate grey · ΔE 25.4Steel blue · ΔE 25.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 18.02, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D9DDAA
Analogous#AABFDD, #C8AADD
Triadic#DDAEAA, #AADDAE
Split complementary#DDC8AA, #BFDDAA
Tetradic#DDAABF, #D9DDAA, #AADDC8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F3F3FA
Lighter +10%#D1CEEC
Darker −10%#8B86CE
Darker −20%#6961C0
Darker −30%#4C44AA
Darker −40%#3C3586
More saturated +25%#A19BEC
Less saturated −25%#BBB9CE

Channel breakdown

R174
G170
B221
Red174 (68.2%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue244.71°
Saturation (HSL)42.86%
Lightness76.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G AA · B DD

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