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Colour

#AECDEE

  • #AECDEE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AECDEE is a blue with RGB values 174, 205, 238 and HSL 211°, 65%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AECDEE#AECDEE
HEX#AECDEE
RGBrgb(174, 205, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.8039, 0.9333
RGB percentages68.2%, 80.4%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(210.9, 65.3%, 80.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210.9, 26.9%, 93.3%)
CMYK26.9%, 13.9%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,455,982
CSS custom property--colour: #AECDEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58834WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.77:1
Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#513211

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C1CDF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9C7EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.3 from the original
Tritanopia#9CD4D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 5.5Light blue · ΔE 11.6Light skyblue · ΔE 11.9Sky blue · ΔE 12.1Lavender · ΔE 16.1Powder blue · ΔE 16.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 5.51, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EECFAE
Analogous#AEEDEE, #AFAEEE
Triadic#EEAECD, #CDEEAE
Split complementary#EEAFAE, #EDEEAE
Tetradic#EEAEED, #EECFAE, #AEEEAF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D8E7F7
Darker −10%#84B3E5
Darker −20%#5A99DC
Darker −30%#307FD3
Darker −40%#2466AC
More saturated +25%#A2CDFA
Less saturated −25%#BACDE2

Channel breakdown

R174
G205
B238
Red174 (68.2%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue210.94°
Saturation (HSL)65.31%
Lightness80.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G CD · B EE

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