Recognised as Colour

#AEC6BC

#AEC6BC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Silver

#AEC6BC is a cyan with RGB values 174, 198, 188 and HSL 155°, 17%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#AEC6BC#AEC6BC

HEX#AEC6BC

RGBrgb(174, 198, 188)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.7765, 0.7373

RGB percentages68.2%, 77.6%, 73.7%

HSLhsl(155, 17.4%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(155, 12.1%, 77.6%)

CMYK12.1%, 0%, 5.1%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,454,140

CSS custom property--colour: #AEC6BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53018WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness190 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.6:1

Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0

Inverted#513943

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C5C2BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#C0BFBDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.1 from the original

Tritanopia#A9C6C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4 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 text11.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 10.3 Light grey · ΔE 12.3 Dark grey · ΔE 13.5 Powder blue · ΔE 13.8 Gainsboro · ΔE 14.3 Light blue · ΔE 15

Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 10.32, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#C6AEB8

Analogous#AEC6B0, #AEC4C6

Triadic#BCAEC6, #C6BCAE

Split complementary#C6AEC4, #C6B0AE

Tetradic#B0AEC6, #C6AEB8, #C4C6AE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#EAF0EE

Lighter +10%#CCDBD5

Darker −10%#90B1A3

Darker −20%#729C8A

Darker −30%#5A8171

Darker −40%#456356

More saturated +25%#9DD7BF

Less saturated −25%#BABABA

Channel breakdown

R174

G198

B188

Red174 (68.2%)

Green198 (77.6%)

Blue188 (73.7%)

Hue155°

Saturation (HSL)17.39%

Lightness72.94%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR AE · G C6 · B BC

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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