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Recognised as Colour

#AEBCE4

  • #AEBCE4
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AEBCE4 is a blue with RGB values 174, 188, 228 and HSL 224°, 50%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AEBCE4#AEBCE4
HEX#AEBCE4
RGBrgb(174, 188, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.7373, 0.8941
RGB percentages68.2%, 73.7%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(224.4, 50%, 78.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.4, 23.7%, 89.4%)
CMYK23.7%, 17.5%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,451,620
CSS custom property--colour: #AEBCE4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50567WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.11:1
Contrast with white1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#51431B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0BFE6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#ACBAE3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#A1C4C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.3Thistle · ΔE 15.9Light skyblue · ΔE 16.5Sky blue · ΔE 18.8Light blue · ΔE 19.3Lavender · ΔE 19.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.35, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E4D6AE
Analogous#AED7E4, #BBAEE4
Triadic#E4AEBC, #BCE4AE
Split complementary#E4BBAE, #D7E4AE
Tetradic#E4AED7, #E4D6AE, #AEE4BB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBFBFE
Lighter +10%#D4DCF1
Darker −10%#889CD7
Darker −20%#627DCB
Darker −30%#3E5FBB
Darker −40%#314B95
More saturated +25%#A1B6F2
Less saturated −25%#BCC3D7

Channel breakdown

R174
G188
B228
Red174 (68.2%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue224.44°
Saturation (HSL)50%
Lightness78.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G BC · B E4

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