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Recognised as Colour

#AED9CD

  • #AED9CD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#AED9CD is a cyan with RGB values 174, 217, 205 and HSL 163°, 36%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#AED9CD#AED9CD
HEX#AED9CD
RGBrgb(174, 217, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.851, 0.8039
RGB percentages68.2%, 85.1%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(163.3, 36.1%, 76.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(163.3, 19.8%, 85.1%)
CMYK19.8%, 0%, 5.5%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,459,021
CSS custom property--colour: #AED9CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63032WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.61:1
Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF
Inverted#512632

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D6D3CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#CDCECEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.2 from the original
Tritanopia#A4DAD5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 9.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.6Light blue · ΔE 13.9Light cyan · ΔE 16.5Light grey · ΔE 16.5Gainsboro · ΔE 17
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 9.94, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D9AEBA
Analogous#AED9B8, #AECFD9
Triadic#CDAED9, #D9CDAE
Split complementary#D9AECF, #D9B8AE
Tetradic#B8AED9, #D9AEBA, #CFD9AE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F3FAF8
Lighter +10%#D1E9E2
Darker −10%#8BC9B8
Darker −20%#69B8A2
Darker −30%#4CA28A
Darker −40%#3C7F6C
More saturated +25%#9FE8D4
Less saturated −25%#BDCAC6

Channel breakdown

R174
G217
B205
Red174 (68.2%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue163.26°
Saturation (HSL)36.13%
Lightness76.67%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AE · G D9 · B CD

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