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Recognised as Colour

#AEDBC9

  • #AEDBC9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#AEDBC9 is a cyan with RGB values 174, 219, 201 and HSL 156°, 38%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#AEDBC9#AEDBC9
HEX#AEDBC9
RGBrgb(174, 219, 201)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.8588, 0.7882
RGB percentages68.2%, 85.9%, 78.8%
HSLhsl(156, 38.5%, 77.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(156, 20.5%, 85.9%)
CMYK20.5%, 0%, 8.2%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,459,529
CSS custom property--colour: #AEDBC9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63879WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.78:1
Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#512436

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D9D5C8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0CFCAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A4DCD6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.2Powder blue · ΔE 12.9Light blue · ΔE 17.2Light cyan · ΔE 17.8Honeydew · ΔE 18.2Light grey · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 12.21, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DBAEC0
Analogous#AEDBB3, #AED6DB
Triadic#C9AEDB, #DBC9AE
Split complementary#DBAED7, #DBB3AE
Tetradic#B3AEDB, #DBAEC0, #D6DBAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F5FAF8
Lighter +10%#D1EBE1
Darker −10%#8BCBB1
Darker −20%#67BC9A
Darker −30%#4AA681
Darker −40%#3A8366
More saturated +25%#9FEACC
Less saturated −25%#BDCCC6

Channel breakdown

R174
G219
B201
Red174 (68.2%)
Green219 (85.9%)
Blue201 (78.8%)
Hue156°
Saturation (HSL)38.46%
Lightness77.06%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AE · G DB · B C9

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