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Recognised as Colour

#AEC8CD

  • #AEC8CD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#AEC8CD is a cyan with RGB values 174, 200, 205 and HSL 190°, 24%, 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 Light blue.

Colour values

#AEC8CD#AEC8CD
HEX#AEC8CD
RGBrgb(174, 200, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.7843, 0.8039
RGB percentages68.2%, 78.4%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(189.7, 23.7%, 74.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189.7, 15.1%, 80.4%)
CMYK15.1%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,454,669
CSS custom property--colour: #AEC8CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54715WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.94:1
Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#513732

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C3C6CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#BEC1CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original
Tritanopia#A5CBC9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.7 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 text11.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 8.4Silver · ΔE 9.5Powder blue · ΔE 10Light grey · ΔE 11Light steelblue · ΔE 11.7Gainsboro · ΔE 12.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 8.43, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CDB3AE
Analogous#AECDC3, #AEB8CD
Triadic#CDAEC8, #C8CDAE
Split complementary#CDAEB9, #CDC3AE
Tetradic#C3AECD, #CDB3AE, #B9CDAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EDF3F4
Lighter +10%#CEDDE0
Darker −10%#8EB3BA
Darker −20%#6F9DA6
Darker −30%#56838C
Darker −40%#43666C
More saturated +25%#9ED3DD
Less saturated −25%#BEBEBE

Channel breakdown

R174
G200
B205
Red174 (68.2%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue189.68°
Saturation (HSL)23.66%
Lightness74.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G C8 · B CD

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