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Colour

#AEAEDD

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

#AEAEDD is a blue with RGB values 174, 174, 221 and HSL 240°, 41%, 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

#AEAEDD#AEAEDD
HEX#AEAEDD
RGBrgb(174, 174, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6824, 0.8667
RGB percentages68.2%, 68.2%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(240, 40.9%, 77.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240, 21.3%, 86.7%)
CMYK21.3%, 21.3%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,448,029
CSS custom property--colour: #AEAEDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44491WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.9:1
Contrast with white2.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#515122

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2B3DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6 from the original
Deuteranopia#A1B1DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Tritanopia#A4B6BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.12:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 15.1Thistle · ΔE 16.6Light skyblue · ΔE 22.4Plum · ΔE 22.8Light slate grey · ΔE 24.1Lavender · ΔE 24.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 15.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDDDAE
Analogous#AEC6DD, #C6AEDD
Triadic#DDAEAE, #AEDDAE
Split complementary#DDC6AE, #C6DDAE
Tetradic#DDAEC6, #DDDDAE, #AEDDC6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6F6FB
Lighter +10%#D2D2EC
Darker −10%#8A8ACE
Darker −20%#6666BF
Darker −30%#4848AA
Darker −40%#383887
More saturated +25%#A0A0EB
Less saturated −25%#BCBCCF

Channel breakdown

R174
G174
B221
Red174 (68.2%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue240°
Saturation (HSL)40.87%
Lightness77.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G AE · B DD

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