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Recognised as Colour

#AEB0CD

  • #AEB0CD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AEB0CD is a blue with RGB values 174, 176, 205 and HSL 236°, 24%, 74%. 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

#AEB0CD#AEB0CD
HEX#AEB0CD
RGBrgb(174, 176, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.6902, 0.8039
RGB percentages68.2%, 69%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(236.1, 23.7%, 74.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(236.1, 15.1%, 80.4%)
CMYK15.1%, 14.1%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,448,525
CSS custom property--colour: #AEB0CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44457WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.89:1
Contrast with white2.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#514F32

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9B3CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8B1CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A7B5B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.5 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 text9.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.8Thistle · ΔE 12.4Dark grey · ΔE 16.1Silver · ΔE 16.6Light slate grey · ΔE 18.6Light grey · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.77, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CDCBAE
Analogous#AEC0CD, #BCAECD
Triadic#CDAEB0, #B0CDAE
Split complementary#CDBCAE, #C0CDAE
Tetradic#CDAEC0, #CDCBAE, #AECDBC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EDEEF4
Lighter +10%#CECFE0
Darker −10%#8E91BA
Darker −20%#6F72A6
Darker −30%#565A8C
Darker −40%#43456C
More saturated +25%#9EA2DD
Less saturated −25%#BEBEBE

Channel breakdown

R174
G176
B205
Red174 (68.2%)
Green176 (69%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue236.13°
Saturation (HSL)23.66%
Lightness74.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G B0 · B CD

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