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Colour

#AED8DF

  • #AED8DF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#AED8DF is a cyan with RGB values 174, 216, 223 and HSL 189°, 43%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#AED8DF#AED8DF
HEX#AED8DF
RGBrgb(174, 216, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.8471, 0.8745
RGB percentages68.2%, 84.7%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(188.6, 43.4%, 77.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.6, 22%, 87.5%)
CMYK22%, 3.1%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,458,783
CSS custom property--colour: #AED8DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63438WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness205.2 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#512720

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D1D4DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8CEDFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Tritanopia#9FDCDAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8 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

Powder blue · ΔE 3.1Light blue · ΔE 3.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 10Light steelblue · ΔE 14.1Sky blue · ΔE 14.3Light grey · ΔE 14.5
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 3.14, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DFB5AE
Analogous#AEDFCE, #AEC0DF
Triadic#DFAED8, #D8DFAE
Split complementary#DFAEC0, #DFCDAE
Tetradic#CDAEDF, #DFB5AE, #C0DFAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7FBFC
Lighter +10%#D3EAED
Darker −10%#89C6D1
Darker −20%#65B5C2
Darker −30%#45A0AF
Darker −40%#377E8A
More saturated +25%#A0E2ED
Less saturated −25%#BCCED1

Channel breakdown

R174
G216
B223
Red174 (68.2%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue188.57°
Saturation (HSL)43.36%
Lightness77.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G D8 · B DF

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