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Recognised as Colour

#AEBAE8

  • #AEBAE8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AEBAE8 is a blue with RGB values 174, 186, 232 and HSL 228°, 56%, 80%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AEBAE8#AEBAE8
HEX#AEBAE8
RGBrgb(174, 186, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.7294, 0.9098
RGB percentages68.2%, 72.9%, 91%
HSLhsl(227.6, 55.8%, 79.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(227.6, 25%, 91%)
CMYK25%, 19.8%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,451,112
CSS custom property--colour: #AEBAE8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49943WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.99:1
Contrast with white1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#514517

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ADBEEAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8B9E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A0C3C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 11.8Thistle · ΔE 17.3Light skyblue · ΔE 17.5Sky blue · ΔE 21.1Lavender · ΔE 21.6Light blue · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 11.75, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8DCAE
Analogous#AED7E8, #BFAEE8
Triadic#E8AEBA, #BAE8AE
Split complementary#E8BFAE, #D7E8AE
Tetradic#E8AED7, #E8DCAE, #AEE8BF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFEFF
Lighter +10%#D6DCF3
Darker −10%#8698DD
Darker −20%#5F76D1
Darker −30%#3855C5
Darker −40%#2D449D
More saturated +25%#A1B2F5
Less saturated −25%#BBC2DB

Channel breakdown

R174
G186
B232
Red174 (68.2%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue227.59°
Saturation (HSL)55.77%
Lightness79.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G BA · B E8

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