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Recognised as Colour

#AEBADA

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

#AEBADA is a blue with RGB values 174, 186, 218 and HSL 224°, 37%, 77%. 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

#AEBADA#AEBADA
HEX#AEBADA
RGBrgb(174, 186, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.7294, 0.8549
RGB percentages68.2%, 72.9%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(223.6, 37.3%, 76.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223.6, 20.2%, 85.5%)
CMYK20.2%, 14.7%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,451,098
CSS custom property--colour: #AEBADA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49178WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.84:1
Contrast with white1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BABABA
Inverted#514525

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1BCDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#ADB8D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#A3C0C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 5.3Thistle · ΔE 14.2Light blue · ΔE 16.9Silver · ΔE 17.7Light skyblue · ΔE 17.9Lavender · ΔE 18.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 5.31, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DACEAE
Analogous#AED0DA, #B8AEDA
Triadic#DAAEBA, #BADAAE
Split complementary#DAB8AE, #D0DAAE
Tetradic#DAAED0, #DACEAE, #AEDAB8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4F6FA
Lighter +10%#D1D8EA
Darker −10%#8B9CCA
Darker −20%#687EBA
Darker −30%#4B63A4
Darker −40%#3B4E81
More saturated +25%#9FB3E9
Less saturated −25%#BDC1CB

Channel breakdown

R174
G186
B218
Red174 (68.2%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue223.64°
Saturation (HSL)37.29%
Lightness76.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G BA · B DA

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