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Recognised as Colour

#AEB5DD

  • #AEB5DD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AEB5DD is a blue with RGB values 174, 181, 221 and HSL 231°, 41%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AEB5DD#AEB5DD
HEX#AEB5DD
RGBrgb(174, 181, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.7098, 0.8667
RGB percentages68.2%, 71%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(231.1, 40.9%, 77.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(231.1, 21.3%, 86.7%)
CMYK21.3%, 18.1%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,449,821
CSS custom property--colour: #AEB5DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47267WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.45:1
Contrast with white2.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#514A22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AAB9DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7B5DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Tritanopia#A3BCC2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.01:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 10.1Thistle · ΔE 14.8Light skyblue · ΔE 19.2Lavender · ΔE 20.9Sky blue · ΔE 21.4Light blue · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 10.08, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDD6AE
Analogous#AECDDD, #BEAEDD
Triadic#DDAEB5, #B5DDAE
Split complementary#DDBEAE, #CDDDAE
Tetradic#DDAECD, #DDD6AE, #AEDDBE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6F7FB
Lighter +10%#D2D6EC
Darker −10%#8A94CE
Darker −20%#6673BF
Darker −30%#4856AA
Darker −40%#384487
More saturated +25%#A0ABEB
Less saturated −25%#BCBFCF

Channel breakdown

R174
G181
B221
Red174 (68.2%)
Green181 (71%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue231.06°
Saturation (HSL)40.87%
Lightness77.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G B5 · B DD

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