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Recognised as Colour

#AECCFE

  • #AECCFE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#AECCFE is a blue with RGB values 174, 204, 254 and HSL 218°, 98%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#AECCFE#AECCFE
HEX#AECCFE
RGBrgb(174, 204, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.8, 0.9961
RGB percentages68.2%, 80%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(217.5, 97.6%, 83.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(217.5, 31.5%, 99.6%)
CMYK31.5%, 19.7%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,455,742
CSS custom property--colour: #AECCFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5934WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness202.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.87:1
Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#513301

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBCFFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3C7FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Tritanopia#97D6DDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 12.3Light steelblue · ΔE 13.2Sky blue · ΔE 17.6Light blue · ΔE 20.5Lavender · ΔE 21Thistle · ΔE 22.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 12.3, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEE0AE
Analogous#AEF4FE, #B8AEFE
Triadic#FEAECC, #CCFEAE
Split complementary#FEB8AE, #F4FEAE
Tetradic#FEAEF4, #FEE0AE, #AEFEB8

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E0ECFF
Darker −10%#7CACFD
Darker −20%#498DFD
Darker −30%#176DFC
Darker −40%#0355DD
More saturated +25%#ADCCFF
Less saturated −25%#B8CFF4

Channel breakdown

R174
G204
B254
Red174 (68.2%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue217.5°
Saturation (HSL)97.56%
Lightness83.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G CC · B FE

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