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Recognised as Colour

#AEBEFD

  • #AEBEFD
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#AEBEFD is a blue with RGB values 174, 190, 253 and HSL 228°, 95%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#AEBEFD#AEBEFD
HEX#AEBEFD
RGBrgb(174, 190, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.7451, 0.9922
RGB percentages68.2%, 74.5%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(227.8, 95.2%, 83.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(227.8, 31.2%, 99.2%)
CMYK31.2%, 24.9%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,452,157
CSS custom property--colour: #AEBEFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52917WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.58:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#514102

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABC4FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5BDFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Tritanopia#99CAD4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 20.1Light steelblue · ΔE 20.2Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.9Thistle · ΔE 24.1Sky blue · ΔE 26.2Plum · ΔE 26.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 20.05, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDEDAE
Analogous#AEE5FD, #C6AEFD
Triadic#FDAEBE, #BEFDAE
Split complementary#FDC6AE, #E6FDAE
Tetradic#FDAEE5, #FDEDAE, #AEFDC6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E0E6FE
Darker −10%#7C96FC
Darker −20%#4A6EFB
Darker −30%#1946F9
Darker −40%#0530DA
More saturated +25%#ACBDFF
Less saturated −25%#B8C4F3

Channel breakdown

R174
G190
B253
Red174 (68.2%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue227.85°
Saturation (HSL)95.18%
Lightness83.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G BE · B FD

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