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Colour

#AEDCEE

  • #AEDCEE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#AEDCEE is a cyan with RGB values 174, 220, 238 and HSL 197°, 65%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#AEDCEE#AEDCEE
HEX#AEDCEE
RGBrgb(174, 220, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.8627, 0.9333
RGB percentages68.2%, 86.3%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(196.9, 65.3%, 80.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.9, 26.9%, 93.3%)
CMYK26.9%, 7.6%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,459,822
CSS custom property--colour: #AEDCEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66358WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.27:1
Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4
Inverted#512311

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2D9EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8D1EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.7 from the original
Tritanopia#9AE2E1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 2.6Powder blue · ΔE 6.6Sky blue · ΔE 10.5Light steelblue · ΔE 11.8Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.4Light skyblue · ΔE 15.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 2.58, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEC0AE
Analogous#AEEEE0, #AEBCEE
Triadic#EEAEDC, #DCEEAE
Split complementary#EEAEBC, #EEE0AE
Tetradic#E0AEEE, #EEC0AE, #BCEEAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D8EEF7
Darker −10%#84CAE5
Darker −20%#5AB8DC
Darker −30%#30A5D3
Darker −40%#2486AC
More saturated +25%#A2E1FA
Less saturated −25%#BAD7E2

Channel breakdown

R174
G220
B238
Red174 (68.2%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue196.88°
Saturation (HSL)65.31%
Lightness80.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G DC · B EE

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