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Recognised as Colour

#AED7E8

  • #AED7E8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#AED7E8 is a cyan with RGB values 174, 215, 232 and HSL 198°, 56%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#AED7E8#AED7E8
HEX#AED7E8
RGBrgb(174, 215, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.8431, 0.9098
RGB percentages68.2%, 84.3%, 91%
HSLhsl(197.6, 55.8%, 79.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.6, 25%, 91%)
CMYK25%, 7.3%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,458,536
CSS custom property--colour: #AED7E8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63426WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness205.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.69:1
Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#512817

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CED5E9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5CDE8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.4 from the original
Tritanopia#9DDCDCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 1.8Powder blue · ΔE 7Light steelblue · ΔE 10.1Sky blue · ΔE 10.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.5Lavender · ΔE 15.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 1.8, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8BFAE
Analogous#AEE8DC, #AEBAE8
Triadic#E8AED7, #D7E8AE
Split complementary#E8AEBA, #E8DCAE
Tetradic#DCAEE8, #E8BFAE, #BAE8AE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFEFF
Lighter +10%#D6EBF3
Darker −10%#86C3DD
Darker −20%#5FB0D1
Darker −30%#389CC5
Darker −40%#2D7C9D
More saturated +25%#A1DCF5
Less saturated −25%#BBD2DB

Channel breakdown

R174
G215
B232
Red174 (68.2%)
Green215 (84.3%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue197.59°
Saturation (HSL)55.77%
Lightness79.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G D7 · B E8

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