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Recognised as Colour

#AEC4F3

  • #AEC4F3
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AEC4F3 is a blue with RGB values 174, 196, 243 and HSL 221°, 74%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AEC4F3#AEC4F3
HEX#AEC4F3
RGBrgb(174, 196, 243)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.7686, 0.9529
RGB percentages68.2%, 76.9%, 95.3%
HSLhsl(220.9, 74.2%, 81.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220.9, 28.4%, 95.3%)
CMYK28.4%, 19.3%, 0%, 4.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,453,683
CSS custom property--colour: #AEC4F3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5495WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness195.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.99:1
Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#513B0C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5C7F5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#AFC1F2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Tritanopia#9BCDD4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 11.3Light skyblue · ΔE 14.1Sky blue · ΔE 18.3Thistle · ΔE 19.4Light blue · ΔE 20.4Lavender · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 11.29, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F3DDAE
Analogous#AEE7F3, #BAAEF3
Triadic#F3AEC4, #C4F3AE
Split complementary#F3BBAE, #E6F3AE
Tetradic#F3AEE7, #F3DDAE, #AEF3BB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DAE4FA
Darker −10%#82A4EC
Darker −20%#5583E6
Darker −30%#2963DF
Darker −40%#1B4EBA
More saturated +25%#A2C0FF
Less saturated −25%#BAC8E7

Channel breakdown

R174
G196
B243
Red174 (68.2%)
Green196 (76.9%)
Blue243 (95.3%)
Hue220.87°
Saturation (HSL)74.19%
Lightness81.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G C4 · B F3

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