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Recognised as Colour

#AEBCDC

  • #AEBCDC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AEBCDC is a blue with RGB values 174, 188, 220 and HSL 222°, 40%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AEBCDC#AEBCDC
HEX#AEBCDC
RGBrgb(174, 188, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.7373, 0.8627
RGB percentages68.2%, 73.7%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(221.7, 39.7%, 77.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.7, 20.9%, 86.3%)
CMYK20.9%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,451,612
CSS custom property--colour: #AEBCDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50132WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.03:1
Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#514323

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2BEDEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#AEBADBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A3C2C6no 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 text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 4.6Thistle · ΔE 14.6Light blue · ΔE 16.2Light skyblue · ΔE 17.2Sky blue · ΔE 17.5Lavender · ΔE 17.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 4.64, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCCEAE
Analogous#AED3DC, #B7AEDC
Triadic#DCAEBC, #BCDCAE
Split complementary#DCB7AE, #D3DCAE
Tetradic#DCAED3, #DCCEAE, #AEDCB7

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F5F7FB
Lighter +10%#D2D9EB
Darker −10%#8A9FCD
Darker −20%#6781BD
Darker −30%#4966A8
Darker −40%#395085
More saturated +25%#A0B6EB
Less saturated −25%#BDC2CE

Channel breakdown

R174
G188
B220
Red174 (68.2%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue221.74°
Saturation (HSL)39.66%
Lightness77.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G BC · B DC

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