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Recognised as Colour

#AED6E4

  • #AED6E4
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#AED6E4 is a cyan with RGB values 174, 214, 228 and HSL 196°, 50%, 79%. 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

#AED6E4#AED6E4
HEX#AED6E4
RGBrgb(174, 214, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.8392, 0.8941
RGB percentages68.2%, 83.9%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(195.6, 50%, 78.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.6, 23.7%, 89.4%)
CMYK23.7%, 6.1%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,458,276
CSS custom property--colour: #AED6E4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62693WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.54:1
Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF
Inverted#51291B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CDD3E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5CDE4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Tritanopia#9EDBDAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 1.1Powder blue · ΔE 5.9Light steelblue · ΔE 10.7Sky blue · ΔE 11.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.7Light grey · ΔE 15.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 1.07, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E4BCAE
Analogous#AEE4D7, #AEBBE4
Triadic#E4AED6, #D6E4AE
Split complementary#E4AEBB, #E4D7AE
Tetradic#D7AEE4, #E4BCAE, #BBE4AE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBFDFE
Lighter +10%#D4E9F1
Darker −10%#88C3D7
Darker −20%#62AFCB
Darker −30%#3E9ABB
Darker −40%#317B95
More saturated +25%#A1DDF2
Less saturated −25%#BCD0D7

Channel breakdown

R174
G214
B228
Red174 (68.2%)
Green214 (83.9%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue195.56°
Saturation (HSL)50%
Lightness78.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G D6 · B E4

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