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Recognised as Colour

#AEABDC

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

#AEABDC is a blue with RGB values 174, 171, 220 and HSL 244°, 41%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AEABDC#AEABDC
HEX#AEABDC
RGBrgb(174, 171, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6706, 0.8627
RGB percentages68.2%, 67.1%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(243.7, 41.2%, 76.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(243.7, 22.3%, 86.3%)
CMYK20.9%, 22.3%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,447,260
CSS custom property--colour: #AEABDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43292WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.66:1
Contrast with white2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#515423

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9FB1DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EAFDBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Tritanopia#A4B3BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 16.9Thistle · ΔE 17.3Plum · ΔE 21.5Light skyblue · ΔE 23.9Light slate grey · ΔE 24.6Steel blue · ΔE 25.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 16.88, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D9DCAB
Analogous#ABC0DC, #C7ABDC
Triadic#DCAEAB, #ABDCAE
Split complementary#DCC6AB, #C0DCAB
Tetradic#DCABC0, #D9DCAB, #ABDCC7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F3F3FA
Lighter +10%#D1CFEB
Darker −10%#8B87CD
Darker −20%#6963BE
Darker −30%#4C46A8
Darker −40%#3C3784
More saturated +25%#A19CEB
Less saturated −25%#BBBACD

Channel breakdown

R174
G171
B220
Red174 (68.2%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue243.67°
Saturation (HSL)41.18%
Lightness76.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G AB · B DC

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