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Recognised as Colour

#AEC6CF

  • #AEC6CF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#AEC6CF is a cyan with RGB values 174, 198, 207 and HSL 196°, 26%, 75%. 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 blue.

Colour values

#AEC6CF#AEC6CF
HEX#AEC6CF
RGBrgb(174, 198, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.7765, 0.8118
RGB percentages68.2%, 77.6%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(196.4, 25.6%, 74.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.4, 15.9%, 81.2%)
CMYK15.9%, 4.3%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,454,159
CSS custom property--colour: #AEC6CF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53892WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.78:1
Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#513930

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C1C4D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#BBC0CFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Tritanopia#A5C9C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 8.3Light steelblue · ΔE 9.4Silver · ΔE 9.6Powder blue · ΔE 11.1Light grey · ΔE 11.3Dark grey · ΔE 13.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 8.32, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CFB7AE
Analogous#AECFC8, #AEB6CF
Triadic#CFAEC6, #C6CFAE
Split complementary#CFAEB6, #CFC8AE
Tetradic#C8AECF, #CFB7AE, #B6CFAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EEF3F5
Lighter +10%#CEDDE2
Darker −10%#8EAFBC
Darker −20%#6E99A9
Darker −30%#557F8F
Darker −40%#42636F
More saturated +25%#9ECDDF
Less saturated −25%#BEBFBF

Channel breakdown

R174
G198
B207
Red174 (68.2%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue196.36°
Saturation (HSL)25.58%
Lightness74.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G C6 · B CF

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