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Recognised as Colour

#AEB8C6

  • #AEB8C6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AEB8C6 is a blue with RGB values 174, 184, 198 and HSL 215°, 17%, 73%. 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

#AEB8C6#AEB8C6
HEX#AEB8C6
RGBrgb(174, 184, 198)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.7216, 0.7765
RGB percentages68.2%, 72.2%, 77.6%
HSLhsl(215, 17.4%, 72.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215, 12.1%, 77.6%)
CMYK12.1%, 7.1%, 0%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,450,566
CSS custom property--colour: #AEB8C6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47357WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.47:1
Contrast with white2.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#514739

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3B8C7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1B6C6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A8BBBCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.9 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 text10.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.1Silver · ΔE 8.9Dark grey · ΔE 9.8Light grey · ΔE 13.1Light blue · ΔE 14.3Thistle · ΔE 15
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.07, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C6BCAE
Analogous#AEC4C6, #B0AEC6
Triadic#C6AEB8, #B8C6AE
Split complementary#C6B0AE, #C4C6AE
Tetradic#C6AEC4, #C6BCAE, #AEC6B0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EAECF0
Lighter +10%#CCD2DB
Darker −10%#909EB1
Darker −20%#72849C
Darker −30%#5A6A81
Darker −40%#455263
More saturated +25%#9DB5D7
Less saturated −25%#BABABA

Channel breakdown

R174
G184
B198
Red174 (68.2%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue198 (77.6%)
Hue215°
Saturation (HSL)17.39%
Lightness72.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G B8 · B C6

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