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Recognised as Colour

#AED3DC

  • #AED3DC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#AED3DC is a cyan with RGB values 174, 211, 220 and HSL 192°, 40%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#AED3DC#AED3DC
HEX#AED3DC
RGBrgb(174, 211, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.8275, 0.8627
RGB percentages68.2%, 82.7%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(191.7, 39.7%, 77.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.7, 20.9%, 86.3%)
CMYK20.9%, 4.1%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,457,500
CSS custom property--colour: #AED3DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60755WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.15:1
Contrast with white1.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC
Inverted#512C23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CCD0DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C4CADCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.8 from the original
Tritanopia#A0D7D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.2 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 text13.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 3.4Powder blue · ΔE 5.5Light steelblue · ΔE 11.8Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.4Light grey · ΔE 13.5Sky blue · ΔE 13.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 3.44, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCB7AE
Analogous#AEDCCE, #AEBCDC
Triadic#DCAED3, #D3DCAE
Split complementary#DCAEBC, #DCCEAE
Tetradic#CEAEDC, #DCB7AE, #BCDCAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F5FAFB
Lighter +10%#D2E6EB
Darker −10%#8AC0CD
Darker −20%#67ACBD
Darker −30%#4996A8
Darker −40%#397685
More saturated +25%#A0DCEB
Less saturated −25%#BDCACE

Channel breakdown

R174
G211
B220
Red174 (68.2%)
Green211 (82.7%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue191.74°
Saturation (HSL)39.66%
Lightness77.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G D3 · B DC

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