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Recognised as Colour

#AEB4C8

  • #AEB4C8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AEB4C8 is a blue with RGB values 174, 180, 200 and HSL 226°, 19%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AEB4C8#AEB4C8
HEX#AEB4C8
RGBrgb(174, 180, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.7059, 0.7843
RGB percentages68.2%, 70.6%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(226.2, 19.1%, 73.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(226.2, 13%, 78.4%)
CMYK13%, 10%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,449,544
CSS custom property--colour: #AEB4C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45811WCAG 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 10.16:1
Contrast with white2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#514B37

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFB5C9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#ADB3C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original
Tritanopia#A8B8BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.07:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 7.4Dark grey · ΔE 11.8Silver · ΔE 11.8Thistle · ΔE 13.2Light grey · ΔE 15.7Light blue · ΔE 16.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.4, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C8C2AE
Analogous#AEC1C8, #B5AEC8
Triadic#C8AEB4, #B4C8AE
Split complementary#C8B5AE, #C1C8AE
Tetradic#C8AEC1, #C8C2AE, #AEC8B5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EBECF1
Lighter +10%#CCD0DD
Darker −10%#9098B3
Darker −20%#717C9F
Darker −30%#596384
Darker −40%#454C65
More saturated +25%#9DABD9
Less saturated −25%#BBBBBB

Channel breakdown

R174
G180
B200
Red174 (68.2%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue226.15°
Saturation (HSL)19.12%
Lightness73.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G B4 · B C8

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