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Recognised as Colour

#AEABDE

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

#AEABDE is a blue with RGB values 174, 171, 222 and HSL 244°, 44%, 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

#AEABDE#AEABDE
HEX#AEABDE
RGBrgb(174, 171, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6706, 0.8706
RGB percentages68.2%, 67.1%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(243.5, 43.6%, 77.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(243.5, 23%, 87.1%)
CMYK21.6%, 23%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,447,262
CSS custom property--colour: #AEABDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43398WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.68:1
Contrast with white2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#515421

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9EB1E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#9DAFDDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Tritanopia#A4B4BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.8 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 text9.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 17.7Thistle · ΔE 18.1Plum · ΔE 21.1Light skyblue · ΔE 24.1Light slate grey · ΔE 25.5Steel blue · ΔE 25.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 17.73, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBDEAB
Analogous#ABC2DE, #C7ABDE
Triadic#DEAEAB, #ABDEAE
Split complementary#DEC8AB, #C1DEAB
Tetradic#DEABC2, #DBDEAB, #ABDEC7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F5F4FB
Lighter +10%#D1D0EC
Darker −10%#8B86D0
Darker −20%#6762C1
Darker −30%#4A44AC
Darker −40%#3A3588
More saturated +25%#A19CED
Less saturated −25%#BBBACF

Channel breakdown

R174
G171
B222
Red174 (68.2%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue243.53°
Saturation (HSL)43.59%
Lightness77.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G AB · B DE

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