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Recognised as Colour

#AECADE

  • #AECADE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AECADE is a blue with RGB values 174, 202, 222 and HSL 205°, 42%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AECADE#AECADE
HEX#AECADE
RGBrgb(174, 202, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.7922, 0.8706
RGB percentages68.2%, 79.2%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(205, 42.1%, 77.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(205, 21.6%, 87.1%)
CMYK21.6%, 9%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,455,198
CSS custom property--colour: #AECADE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56514WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.3:1
Contrast with white1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C5C5C5
Inverted#513521

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2C9DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#BBC4DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Tritanopia#A1CFD0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.71:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 4.6Light blue · ΔE 7.2Powder blue · ΔE 12.1Sky blue · ΔE 12.8Silver · ΔE 14.2Light grey · ΔE 14.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 4.61, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DEC2AE
Analogous#AEDEDA, #AEB2DE
Triadic#DEAECA, #CADEAE
Split complementary#DEAEB2, #DEDAAE
Tetradic#DAAEDE, #DEC2AE, #B2DEAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6F9FC
Lighter +10%#D2E2ED
Darker −10%#8AB2CF
Darker −20%#669BC0
Darker −30%#4682AD
Darker −40%#386788
More saturated +25%#A0CCEC
Less saturated −25%#BCC8D0

Channel breakdown

R174
G202
B222
Red174 (68.2%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue205°
Saturation (HSL)42.11%
Lightness77.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G CA · B DE

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