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Recognised as Colour

#AED6DE

  • #AED6DE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#AED6DE is a cyan with RGB values 174, 214, 222 and HSL 190°, 42%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#AED6DE#AED6DE
HEX#AED6DE
RGBrgb(174, 214, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.8392, 0.8706
RGB percentages68.2%, 83.9%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(190, 42.1%, 77.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190, 21.6%, 87.1%)
CMYK21.6%, 3.6%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,458,270
CSS custom property--colour: #AED6DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62366WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.47:1
Contrast with white1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.47:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#512921

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CFD3DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C6CCDEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original
Tritanopia#A0DAD8no 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 text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.47:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 3.3Powder blue · ΔE 4.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 11Light steelblue · ΔE 13.1Sky blue · ΔE 14Light grey · ΔE 14.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 3.31, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DEB6AE
Analogous#AEDECE, #AEBEDE
Triadic#DEAED6, #D6DEAE
Split complementary#DEAEBE, #DECEAE
Tetradic#CEAEDE, #DEB6AE, #BEDEAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6FBFC
Lighter +10%#D2E8ED
Darker −10%#8AC4CF
Darker −20%#66B1C0
Darker −30%#469CAD
Darker −40%#387B88
More saturated +25%#A0E0EC
Less saturated −25%#BCCDD0

Channel breakdown

R174
G214
B222
Red174 (68.2%)
Green214 (83.9%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue190°
Saturation (HSL)42.11%
Lightness77.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G D6 · B DE

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