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Recognised as Colour

#AEC1C8

  • #AEC1C8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Silver

#AEC1C8 is a cyan with RGB values 174, 193, 200 and HSL 196°, 19%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#AEC1C8#AEC1C8
HEX#AEC1C8
RGBrgb(174, 193, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.7569, 0.7843
RGB percentages68.2%, 75.7%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(196.2, 19.1%, 73.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.2, 13%, 78.4%)
CMYK13%, 3.5%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,452,872
CSS custom property--colour: #AEC1C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51309WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness188.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.26:1
Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#513E37

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BDC0C8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9BCC8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Tritanopia#A7C3C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 7.7Light steelblue · ΔE 10.3Light blue · ΔE 10.8Dark grey · ΔE 10.8Light grey · ΔE 10.8Powder blue · ΔE 13.2
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 7.66, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C8B5AE
Analogous#AEC8C2, #AEB4C8
Triadic#C8AEC1, #C1C8AE
Split complementary#C8AEB4, #C8C2AE
Tetradic#C2AEC8, #C8B5AE, #B4C8AE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EBF0F1
Lighter +10%#CCD8DD
Darker −10%#90AAB3
Darker −20%#71939F
Darker −30%#597884
Darker −40%#455D65
More saturated +25%#9DC9D9
Less saturated −25%#BBBBBB

Channel breakdown

R174
G193
B200
Red174 (68.2%)
Green193 (75.7%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue196.15°
Saturation (HSL)19.12%
Lightness73.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G C1 · B C8

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