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Recognised as Colour

#AECFC9

  • #AECFC9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#AECFC9 is a cyan with RGB values 174, 207, 201 and HSL 169°, 26%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#AECFC9#AECFC9
HEX#AECFC9
RGBrgb(174, 207, 201)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.8118, 0.7882
RGB percentages68.2%, 81.2%, 78.8%
HSLhsl(169.1, 25.6%, 74.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169.1, 15.9%, 81.2%)
CMYK15.9%, 0%, 2.9%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,456,457
CSS custom property--colour: #AECFC9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57841WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness197 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.57:1
Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#513036

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CCCBC9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5C6CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Tritanopia#A6D0CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.2 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 text12.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 9.4Light blue · ΔE 11.3Silver · ΔE 12.5Light grey · ΔE 12.8Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.3Gainsboro · ΔE 14.1
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 9.35, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CFAEB4
Analogous#AECFB9, #AEC5CF
Triadic#C9AECF, #CFC9AE
Split complementary#CFAEC5, #CFB9AE
Tetradic#B8AECF, #CFAEB4, #C5CFAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EEF5F4
Lighter +10%#CEE2DE
Darker −10%#8EBCB4
Darker −20%#6EA99E
Darker −30%#558F85
Darker −40%#426F67
More saturated +25%#9EDFD3
Less saturated −25%#BEBFBF

Channel breakdown

R174
G207
B201
Red174 (68.2%)
Green207 (81.2%)
Blue201 (78.8%)
Hue169.09°
Saturation (HSL)25.58%
Lightness74.71%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AE · G CF · B C9

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