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Recognised as Colour

#AED5D4

  • #AED5D4
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#AED5D4 is a cyan with RGB values 174, 213, 212 and HSL 178°, 32%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#AED5D4#AED5D4
HEX#AED5D4
RGBrgb(174, 213, 212)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.8353, 0.8314
RGB percentages68.2%, 83.5%, 83.1%
HSLhsl(178.5, 31.7%, 75.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.5, 18.3%, 83.5%)
CMYK18.3%, 0%, 0.5%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,458,004
CSS custom property--colour: #AED5D4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61341WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness202 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.27:1
Contrast with white1.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CDCDCD
Inverted#512A2B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D0D1D4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8CBD4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A2D8D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.58:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 5.7Light blue · ΔE 8.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.4Light grey · ΔE 13.6Silver · ΔE 14.3Gainsboro · ΔE 14.5
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 5.67, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D5AEAF
Analogous#AED5C1, #AEC3D5
Triadic#D4AED5, #D5D4AE
Split complementary#D5AEC3, #D5C1AE
Tetradic#C1AED5, #D5AEAF, #C3D5AE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F1F8F8
Lighter +10%#D0E6E6
Darker −10%#8CC4C2
Darker −20%#6BB2B0
Darker −30%#509A98
Darker −40%#3E7977
More saturated +25%#9FE4E3
Less saturated −25%#BDC6C5

Channel breakdown

R174
G213
B212
Red174 (68.2%)
Green213 (83.5%)
Blue212 (83.1%)
Hue178.46°
Saturation (HSL)31.71%
Lightness75.88%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AE · G D5 · B D4

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