Colour

#AEDAE4

#AEDAE4
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Light blue

#AEDAE4 is a cyan with RGB values 174, 218, 228 and HSL 191°, 50%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#AEDAE4#AEDAE4

HEX#AEDAE4

RGBrgb(174, 218, 228)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.8549, 0.8941

RGB percentages68.2%, 85.5%, 89.4%

HSLhsl(191.1, 50%, 78.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(191.1, 23.7%, 89.4%)

CMYK23.7%, 4.4%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,459,300

CSS custom property--colour: #AEDAE4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64743WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness207.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.95:1

Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1

Inverted#51251B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D2D7E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#C9CFE4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.2 from the original

Tritanopia#9DDEDDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 2.3 Powder blue · ΔE 3.1 Pale turquoise · ΔE 10 Sky blue · ΔE 13 Light steelblue · ΔE 13.5 Light cyan · ΔE 15

Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 2.27, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#E4B8AE

Analogous#AEE4D3, #AEBFE4

Triadic#E4AEDA, #DAE4AE

Split complementary#E4AEBF, #E4D3AE

Tetradic#D3AEE4, #E4B8AE, #BFE4AE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBFDFE

Lighter +10%#D4EBF1

Darker −10%#88C9D7

Darker −20%#62B7CB

Darker −30%#3EA4BB

Darker −40%#318295

More saturated +25%#A1E3F2

Less saturated −25%#BCD2D7

Channel breakdown

R174

G218

B228

Red174 (68.2%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue228 (89.4%)

Hue191.11°

Saturation (HSL)50%

Lightness78.82%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AE · G DA · B E4

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Colour values

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