Recognised as Colour

#AEBAD5

#AEBAD5
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Light steelblue

#AEBAD5 is a blue with RGB values 174, 186, 213 and HSL 222°, 32%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AEBAD5#AEBAD5

HEX#AEBAD5

RGBrgb(174, 186, 213)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.7294, 0.8353

RGB percentages68.2%, 72.9%, 83.5%

HSLhsl(221.5, 31.7%, 75.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(221.5, 18.3%, 83.5%)

CMYK18.3%, 12.7%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,451,093

CSS custom property--colour: #AEBAD5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48921WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness185.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.78:1

Contrast with white1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9

Inverted#51452A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B2BCD6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#AFB8D4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original

Tritanopia#A5BFC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.95:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 4.1 Thistle · ΔE 13.9 Silver · ΔE 15.2 Light blue · ΔE 15.4 Dark grey · ΔE 16.2 Lavender · ΔE 17.4

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 4.12, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#D5C9AE

Analogous#AECED5, #B6AED5

Triadic#D5AEBA, #BAD5AE

Split complementary#D5B6AE, #CED5AE

Tetradic#D5AECE, #D5C9AE, #AED5B6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F1F3F8

Lighter +10%#D0D7E6

Darker −10%#8C9DC4

Darker −20%#6B81B2

Darker −30%#50679A

Darker −40%#3E5079

More saturated +25%#9FB4E4

Less saturated −25%#BDC0C6

Channel breakdown

R174

G186

B213

Red174 (68.2%)

Green186 (72.9%)

Blue213 (83.5%)

Hue221.54°

Saturation (HSL)31.71%

Lightness75.88%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AE · G BA · B D5

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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