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Recognised as Colour

#AEACE9

  • #AEACE9
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#AEACE9 is a blue with RGB values 174, 172, 233 and HSL 242°, 58%, 79%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#AEACE9#AEACE9
HEX#AEACE9
RGBrgb(174, 172, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6745, 0.9137
RGB percentages68.2%, 67.5%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(242, 58.1%, 79.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(242, 26.2%, 91.4%)
CMYK25.3%, 26.2%, 0%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,447,529
CSS custom property--colour: #AEACE9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44387WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.88:1
Contrast with white2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#515316

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9CB4ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#9AB0E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Tritanopia#A1B7C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 20.6Light steelblue · ΔE 22.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.2Thistle · ΔE 22.4Light skyblue · ΔE 25.7Steel blue · ΔE 26.9
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 20.55, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E7E9AC
Analogous#ACC9E9, #CCACE9
Triadic#E9AEAC, #ACE9AE
Split complementary#E9CDAC, #C9E9AC
Tetradic#E9ACC9, #E7E9AC, #ACE9CD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFDFE
Lighter +10%#D5D4F4
Darker −10%#8784DE
Darker −20%#5F5BD4
Darker −30%#3A35C7
Darker −40%#2E2A9F
More saturated +25%#A29FF6
Less saturated −25%#BAB9DC

Channel breakdown

R174
G172
B233
Red174 (68.2%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue241.97°
Saturation (HSL)58.1%
Lightness79.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G AC · B E9

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