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Recognised as Colour

#AEBEEB

  • #AEBEEB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AEBEEB is a blue with RGB values 174, 190, 235 and HSL 224°, 60%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AEBEEB#AEBEEB
HEX#AEBEEB
RGBrgb(174, 190, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.7451, 0.9216
RGB percentages68.2%, 74.5%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(224.3, 60.4%, 80.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.3, 26%, 92.2%)
CMYK26%, 19.1%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,452,139
CSS custom property--colour: #AEBEEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51824WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.36:1
Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE
Inverted#514114

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0C1EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#ABBCEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Tritanopia#9EC7CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 10.6Light skyblue · ΔE 16Thistle · ΔE 17.6Sky blue · ΔE 19.5Lavender · ΔE 20.6Light blue · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 10.63, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBDBAE
Analogous#AEDDEB, #BCAEEB
Triadic#EBAEBE, #BEEBAE
Split complementary#EBBCAE, #DDEBAE
Tetradic#EBAEDD, #EBDBAE, #AEEBBC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D7DFF5
Darker −10%#859DE1
Darker −20%#5C7CD7
Darker −30%#335CCD
Darker −40%#2949A4
More saturated +25%#A1B8F8
Less saturated −25%#BBC4DE

Channel breakdown

R174
G190
B235
Red174 (68.2%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue224.26°
Saturation (HSL)60.4%
Lightness80.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G BE · B EB

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