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Recognised as Colour

#AEC8CA

  • #AEC8CA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Silver

#AEC8CA is a cyan with RGB values 174, 200, 202 and HSL 184°, 21%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#AEC8CA#AEC8CA
HEX#AEC8CA
RGBrgb(174, 200, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.7843, 0.7922
RGB percentages68.2%, 78.4%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(184.3, 20.9%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.3, 13.9%, 79.2%)
CMYK13.9%, 1%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,454,666
CSS custom property--colour: #AEC8CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54571WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.91:1
Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#513735

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4C5CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original
Deuteranopia#BEC1CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A6CAC8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.1 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 text11.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 9.3Light blue · ΔE 9.4Powder blue · ΔE 10.2Light grey · ΔE 10.9Gainsboro · ΔE 12.8Dark grey · ΔE 13.3
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 9.26, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CAB0AE
Analogous#AECABE, #AEBACA
Triadic#CAAEC8, #C8CAAE
Split complementary#CAAEBA, #CABEAE
Tetradic#BEAECA, #CAB0AE, #BACAAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#ECF2F2
Lighter +10%#CDDDDE
Darker −10%#8FB3B6
Darker −20%#709EA2
Darker −30%#588387
Darker −40%#446568
More saturated +25%#9DD6DB
Less saturated −25%#BCBCBC

Channel breakdown

R174
G200
B202
Red174 (68.2%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue184.29°
Saturation (HSL)20.9%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G C8 · B CA

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