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Recognised as Colour

#AEC1EA

  • #AEC1EA
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AEC1EA is a blue with RGB values 174, 193, 234 and HSL 221°, 59%, 80%. 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 steelblue.

Colour values

#AEC1EA#AEC1EA
HEX#AEC1EA
RGBrgb(174, 193, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.7569, 0.9176
RGB percentages68.2%, 75.7%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(221, 58.8%, 80%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221, 25.6%, 91.8%)
CMYK25.6%, 17.5%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,452,906
CSS custom property--colour: #AEC1EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53079WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.62:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#513E15

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4C4ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#AFBEE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#9EC9CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.3 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 text11.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.2Light skyblue · ΔE 14.7Thistle · ΔE 17.2Sky blue · ΔE 17.4Light blue · ΔE 18.3Lavender · ΔE 19
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.2, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAD7AE
Analogous#AEDFEA, #B9AEEA
Triadic#EAAEC1, #C1EAAE
Split complementary#EAB9AE, #DFEAAE
Tetradic#EAAEDF, #EAD7AE, #AEEAB9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D7E0F5
Darker −10%#85A2E0
Darker −20%#5D83D5
Darker −30%#3564CB
Darker −40%#2A50A2
More saturated +25%#A1BCF7
Less saturated −25%#BBC6DD

Channel breakdown

R174
G193
B234
Red174 (68.2%)
Green193 (75.7%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue221°
Saturation (HSL)58.82%
Lightness80%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G C1 · B EA

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