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Recognised as Colour

#AEC2EF

  • #AEC2EF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AEC2EF is a blue with RGB values 174, 194, 239 and HSL 222°, 67%, 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

#AEC2EF#AEC2EF
HEX#AEC2EF
RGBrgb(174, 194, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.7608, 0.9373
RGB percentages68.2%, 76.1%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(221.5, 67%, 81%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.5, 27.2%, 93.7%)
CMYK27.2%, 18.8%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,453,167
CSS custom property--colour: #AEC2EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53814WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.76:1
Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1
Inverted#513D10

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4C5F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#AEBFEEno 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 23.6 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 text11.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 10.3Light skyblue · ΔE 14.5Sky blue · ΔE 18.2Thistle · ΔE 18.4Light blue · ΔE 19.9Lavender · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 10.28, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFDBAE
Analogous#AEE3EF, #BBAEEF
Triadic#EFAEC2, #C2EFAE
Split complementary#EFBBAE, #E3EFAE
Tetradic#EFAEE3, #EFDBAE, #AEEFBB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D9E2F7
Darker −10%#83A2E7
Darker −20%#5982DE
Darker −30%#2E62D6
Darker −40%#224EAF
More saturated +25%#A2BDFB
Less saturated −25%#BAC7E3

Channel breakdown

R174
G194
B239
Red174 (68.2%)
Green194 (76.1%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue221.54°
Saturation (HSL)67.01%
Lightness80.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G C2 · B EF

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