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Recognised as Colour

#AEC4ED

  • #AEC4ED
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AEC4ED is a blue with RGB values 174, 196, 237 and HSL 219°, 64%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AEC4ED#AEC4ED
HEX#AEC4ED
RGBrgb(174, 196, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.7686, 0.9294
RGB percentages68.2%, 76.9%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(219, 63.6%, 80.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(219, 26.6%, 92.9%)
CMYK26.6%, 17.3%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,453,677
CSS custom property--colour: #AEC4ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54593WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness195 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.92:1
Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#513B12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7C6EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1C0ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Tritanopia#9DCCD1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.1Light skyblue · ΔE 13.7Sky blue · ΔE 16.5Light blue · ΔE 17.5Thistle · ΔE 17.9Lavender · ΔE 18.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.06, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDD7AE
Analogous#AEE4ED, #B7AEED
Triadic#EDAEC4, #C4EDAE
Split complementary#EDB8AE, #E4EDAE
Tetradic#EDAEE4, #EDD7AE, #AEEDB8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D8E2F6
Darker −10%#84A6E4
Darker −20%#5B87DA
Darker −30%#3169D1
Darker −40%#2654A9
More saturated +25%#A2C0F9
Less saturated −25%#BAC8E1

Channel breakdown

R174
G196
B237
Red174 (68.2%)
Green196 (76.9%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue219.05°
Saturation (HSL)63.64%
Lightness80.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G C4 · B ED

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