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Recognised as Colour

#AEAEE8

  • #AEAEE8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AEAEE8 is a blue with RGB values 174, 174, 232 and HSL 240°, 56%, 80%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AEAEE8#AEAEE8
HEX#AEAEE8
RGBrgb(174, 174, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6824, 0.9098
RGB percentages68.2%, 68.2%, 91%
HSLhsl(240, 55.8%, 79.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240, 25%, 91%)
CMYK25%, 25%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,448,040
CSS custom property--colour: #AEAEE8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45097WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.02:1
Contrast with white2.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#515117

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9FB5EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#9DB1E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A1B8C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.1:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 20.2Thistle · ΔE 21Plum · ΔE 21.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.3Light skyblue · ΔE 24.2Steel blue · ΔE 26.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 20.18, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8E8AE
Analogous#AECBE8, #CBAEE8
Triadic#E8AEAE, #AEE8AE
Split complementary#E8CBAE, #CBE8AE
Tetradic#E8AECB, #E8E8AE, #AEE8CB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFDFF
Lighter +10%#D6D6F3
Darker −10%#8686DD
Darker −20%#5F5FD1
Darker −30%#3838C5
Darker −40%#2D2D9D
More saturated +25%#A1A1F5
Less saturated −25%#BBBBDB

Channel breakdown

R174
G174
B232
Red174 (68.2%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue240°
Saturation (HSL)55.77%
Lightness79.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G AE · B E8

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