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Recognised as Colour

#AECED5

  • #AECED5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#AECED5 is a cyan with RGB values 174, 206, 213 and HSL 191°, 32%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#AECED5#AECED5
HEX#AECED5
RGBrgb(174, 206, 213)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.8078, 0.8353
RGB percentages68.2%, 80.8%, 83.5%
HSLhsl(190.8, 31.7%, 75.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.8, 18.3%, 83.5%)
CMYK18.3%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,456,213
CSS custom property--colour: #AECED5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57945WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.59:1
Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#51312A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C8CBD5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1C6D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Tritanopia#A3D1D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 5.7Powder blue · ΔE 7.4Light steelblue · ΔE 11.6Silver · ΔE 11.9Light grey · ΔE 12.1Gainsboro · ΔE 13.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 5.71, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D5B5AE
Analogous#AED5C8, #AEBBD5
Triadic#D5AECE, #CED5AE
Split complementary#D5AEBB, #D5C9AE
Tetradic#C8AED5, #D5B5AE, #BBD5AE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F1F7F8
Lighter +10%#D0E2E6
Darker −10%#8CBAC4
Darker −20%#6BA5B2
Darker −30%#508D9A
Darker −40%#3E6E79
More saturated +25%#9FD8E4
Less saturated −25%#BDC4C6

Channel breakdown

R174
G206
B213
Red174 (68.2%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue213 (83.5%)
Hue190.77°
Saturation (HSL)31.71%
Lightness75.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G CE · B D5

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