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Colour

#AEC9CF

  • #AEC9CF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#AEC9CF is a cyan with RGB values 174, 201, 207 and HSL 191°, 26%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#AEC9CF#AEC9CF
HEX#AEC9CF
RGBrgb(174, 201, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.7882, 0.8118
RGB percentages68.2%, 78.8%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(190.9, 25.6%, 74.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.9, 15.9%, 81.2%)
CMYK15.9%, 2.9%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,454,927
CSS custom property--colour: #AEC9CF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55277WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.06:1
Contrast with white1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#513630

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4C7CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#BEC2CFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9 from the original
Tritanopia#A5CCCBno 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 text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 7.8Powder blue · ΔE 9.6Silver · ΔE 10Light grey · ΔE 11.2Light steelblue · ΔE 11.3Gainsboro · ΔE 13.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 7.78, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CFB4AE
Analogous#AECFC5, #AEB8CF
Triadic#CFAEC9, #C9CFAE
Split complementary#CFAEB8, #CFC5AE
Tetradic#C5AECF, #CFB4AE, #B9CFAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EEF4F5
Lighter +10%#CEDEE2
Darker −10%#8EB4BC
Darker −20%#6E9EA9
Darker −30%#55858F
Darker −40%#42676F
More saturated +25%#9ED3DF
Less saturated −25%#BEBFBF

Channel breakdown

R174
G201
B207
Red174 (68.2%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue190.91°
Saturation (HSL)25.58%
Lightness74.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G C9 · B CF

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