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Recognised as Colour

#AEC2EE

  • #AEC2EE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AEC2EE is a blue with RGB values 174, 194, 238 and HSL 221°, 65%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AEC2EE#AEC2EE
HEX#AEC2EE
RGBrgb(174, 194, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.7608, 0.9333
RGB percentages68.2%, 76.1%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(221.3, 65.3%, 80.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.3, 26.9%, 93.3%)
CMYK26.9%, 18.5%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,453,166
CSS custom property--colour: #AEC2EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53755WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.75:1
Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#513D11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4C5F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#AEBFEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Tritanopia#9DCBD1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9.7Light skyblue · ΔE 14.5Sky blue · ΔE 17.9Thistle · ΔE 18.2Light blue · ΔE 19.4Lavender · ΔE 19.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.74, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEDAAE
Analogous#AEE2EE, #BAAEEE
Triadic#EEAEC2, #C2EEAE
Split complementary#EEBAAE, #E2EEAE
Tetradic#EEAEE2, #EEDAAE, #AEEEBA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D8E2F7
Darker −10%#84A2E5
Darker −20%#5A83DC
Darker −30%#3063D3
Darker −40%#244FAC
More saturated +25%#A2BDFA
Less saturated −25%#BAC7E2

Channel breakdown

R174
G194
B238
Red174 (68.2%)
Green194 (76.1%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue221.25°
Saturation (HSL)65.31%
Lightness80.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G C2 · B EE

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