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Recognised as Colour

#AECCF3

  • #AECCF3
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AECCF3 is a blue with RGB values 174, 204, 243 and HSL 214°, 74%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AECCF3#AECCF3
HEX#AECCF3
RGBrgb(174, 204, 243)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.8, 0.9529
RGB percentages68.2%, 80%, 95.3%
HSLhsl(213.9, 74.2%, 81.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(213.9, 28.4%, 95.3%)
CMYK28.4%, 16%, 0%, 4.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,455,731
CSS custom property--colour: #AECCF3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58655WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.73:1
Contrast with white1.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#51330C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BECDF5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7C6F2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Tritanopia#9AD4D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 7.7Light skyblue · ΔE 11.3Sky blue · ΔE 13.7Light blue · ΔE 14.8Lavender · ΔE 17.5Thistle · ΔE 19.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.73, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F3D5AE
Analogous#AEEEF3, #B3AEF3
Triadic#F3AECC, #CCF3AE
Split complementary#F3B3AE, #EFF3AE
Tetradic#F3AEEF, #F3D5AE, #AEF3B3

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DAE8FA
Darker −10%#82B0EC
Darker −20%#5594E6
Darker −30%#2978DF
Darker −40%#1B60BA
More saturated +25%#A2CAFF
Less saturated −25%#BACEE7

Channel breakdown

R174
G204
B243
Red174 (68.2%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue243 (95.3%)
Hue213.91°
Saturation (HSL)74.19%
Lightness81.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G CC · B F3

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