Recognised as Colour

#AEAEDB

#AEAEDB
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Light steelblue

#AEAEDB is a blue with RGB values 174, 174, 219 and HSL 240°, 38%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AEAEDB#AEAEDB

HEX#AEAEDB

RGBrgb(174, 174, 219)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6824, 0.8588

RGB percentages68.2%, 68.2%, 85.9%

HSLhsl(240, 38.5%, 77.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(240, 20.5%, 85.9%)

CMYK20.5%, 20.5%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,448,027

CSS custom property--colour: #AEAEDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44385WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness179.7 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#515124

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A3B3DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#A1B0DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.3 from the original

Tritanopia#A4B6BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.1 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

Light steelblue · ΔE 14.3 Thistle · ΔE 15.9 Light skyblue · ΔE 22.3 Plum · ΔE 23.2 Light slate grey · ΔE 23.3 Lavender · ΔE 24

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 14.29, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DBDBAE

Analogous#AEC4DB, #C4AEDB

Triadic#DBAEAE, #AEDBAE

Split complementary#DBC4AE, #C4DBAE

Tetradic#DBAEC4, #DBDBAE, #AEDBC4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F5F5FA

Lighter +10%#D1D1EB

Darker −10%#8B8BCB

Darker −20%#6767BC

Darker −30%#4A4AA6

Darker −40%#3A3A83

More saturated +25%#9F9FEA

Less saturated −25%#BDBDCC

Channel breakdown

R174

G174

B219

Red174 (68.2%)

Green174 (68.2%)

Blue219 (85.9%)

Hue240°

Saturation (HSL)38.46%

Lightness77.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AE · G AE · B DB

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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