Colour

#AECFFD

#AECFFD
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light skyblue

#AECFFD is a blue with RGB values 174, 207, 253 and HSL 215°, 95%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#AECFFD#AECFFD

HEX#AECFFD

RGBrgb(174, 207, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.8118, 0.9922

RGB percentages68.2%, 81.2%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(214.9, 95.2%, 83.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(214.9, 31.2%, 99.2%)

CMYK31.2%, 18.2%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,456,509

CSS custom property--colour: #AECFFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60716WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness203.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.14:1

Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB

Inverted#513002

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BFD1FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#B6C9FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Tritanopia#97D9DEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.6:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 10.9 Light steelblue · ΔE 11.5 Sky blue · ΔE 15.4 Light blue · ΔE 18 Lavender · ΔE 19.5 Thistle · ΔE 21.9

Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 10.88, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FDDCAE

Analogous#AEF7FD, #B5AEFD

Triadic#FDAECF, #CFFDAE

Split complementary#FDB5AE, #F7FDAE

Tetradic#FDAEF6, #FDDCAE, #AEFDB5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#E0ECFE

Darker −10%#7CB2FC

Darker −20%#4A94FB

Darker −30%#1977F9

Darker −40%#055EDA

More saturated +25%#ACCFFF

Less saturated −25%#B8D1F3

Channel breakdown

R174

G207

B253

Red174 (68.2%)

Green207 (81.2%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue214.94°

Saturation (HSL)95.18%

Lightness83.73%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AE · G CF · B FD

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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