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Recognised as Colour

#AED0EF

  • #AED0EF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AED0EF is a blue with RGB values 174, 208, 239 and HSL 209°, 67%, 81%. 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 steelblue.

Colour values

#AED0EF#AED0EF
HEX#AED0EF
RGBrgb(174, 208, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.8157, 0.9373
RGB percentages68.2%, 81.6%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(208.6, 67%, 81%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208.6, 27.2%, 93.7%)
CMYK27.2%, 13%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,456,751
CSS custom property--colour: #AED0EF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60342WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness202.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.07:1
Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#512F10

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4D0F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCC9EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Tritanopia#9BD7DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6Light blue · ΔE 10.1Sky blue · ΔE 11.1Light skyblue · ΔE 11.8Powder blue · ΔE 15.2Lavender · ΔE 15.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.02, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFCDAE
Analogous#AEEFEE, #AEAFEF
Triadic#EFAED0, #D0EFAE
Split complementary#EFAEB0, #EFEEAE
Tetradic#EEAEEF, #EFCDAE, #AFEFAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D9E9F7
Darker −10%#83B7E7
Darker −20%#599FDE
Darker −30%#2E86D6
Darker −40%#226CAF
More saturated +25%#A2D1FB
Less saturated −25%#BACFE3

Channel breakdown

R174
G208
B239
Red174 (68.2%)
Green208 (81.6%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue208.62°
Saturation (HSL)67.01%
Lightness80.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G D0 · B EF

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