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Colour

#AEC9D4

  • #AEC9D4
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#AEC9D4 is a cyan with RGB values 174, 201, 212 and HSL 197°, 31%, 76%. 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

#AEC9D4#AEC9D4
HEX#AEC9D4
RGBrgb(174, 201, 212)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.7882, 0.8314
RGB percentages68.2%, 78.8%, 83.1%
HSLhsl(197.4, 30.6%, 75.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.4, 17.9%, 83.1%)
CMYK17.9%, 5.2%, 0%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,454,932
CSS custom property--colour: #AEC9D4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55525WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.11:1
Contrast with white1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#51362B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C3C7D5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDC2D4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.6 from the original
Tritanopia#A4CDCCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 6.8Light steelblue · ΔE 8.7Powder blue · ΔE 10Silver · ΔE 11Light grey · ΔE 12Gainsboro · ΔE 13.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 6.79, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D4B9AE
Analogous#AED4CC, #AEB6D4
Triadic#D4AEC9, #C9D4AE
Split complementary#D4AEB6, #D4CCAE
Tetradic#CCAED4, #D4B9AE, #B6D4AE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F1F5F7
Lighter +10%#CFDFE6
Darker −10%#8DB3C2
Darker −20%#6B9DB1
Darker −30%#518498
Darker −40%#3F6777
More saturated +25%#9FD0E3
Less saturated −25%#BEC2C5

Channel breakdown

R174
G201
B212
Red174 (68.2%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue212 (83.1%)
Hue197.37°
Saturation (HSL)30.65%
Lightness75.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G C9 · B D4

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