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Recognised as Colour

#AED3CD

  • #AED3CD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#AED3CD is a cyan with RGB values 174, 211, 205 and HSL 170°, 30%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#AED3CD#AED3CD
HEX#AED3CD
RGBrgb(174, 211, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.8275, 0.8039
RGB percentages68.2%, 82.7%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(170.3, 29.6%, 75.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.3, 17.5%, 82.7%)
CMYK17.5%, 0%, 2.8%, 17.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,457,485
CSS custom property--colour: #AED3CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59995WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13:1
Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#512C32

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CFCFCDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8C9CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A4D5D1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 8.2Light blue · ΔE 10.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.6Light grey · ΔE 13.7Silver · ΔE 14Gainsboro · ΔE 14.7
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 8.17, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D3AEB4
Analogous#AED3BB, #AEC6D3
Triadic#CDAED3, #D3CDAE
Split complementary#D3AEC6, #D3BBAE
Tetradic#BBAED3, #D3AEB4, #C6D3AE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F0F7F6
Lighter +10%#CFE5E1
Darker −10%#8DC1B9
Darker −20%#6CAFA4
Darker −30%#52968B
Darker −40%#40756D
More saturated +25%#9EE3D8
Less saturated −25%#BEC3C2

Channel breakdown

R174
G211
B205
Red174 (68.2%)
Green211 (82.7%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue170.27°
Saturation (HSL)29.6%
Lightness75.49%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AE · G D3 · B CD

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