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Recognised as Colour

#AEDDCB

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

#AEDDCB is a cyan with RGB values 174, 221, 203 and HSL 157°, 41%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#AEDDCB#AEDDCB
HEX#AEDDCB
RGBrgb(174, 221, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.8667, 0.7961
RGB percentages68.2%, 86.7%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(157, 40.9%, 77.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(157, 21.3%, 86.7%)
CMYK21.3%, 0%, 8.1%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,460,043
CSS custom property--colour: #AEDDCB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65023WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness206 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14:1
Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2
Inverted#512234

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DAD7CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D2D0CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Tritanopia#A4DED8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.7Powder blue · ΔE 12.9Light blue · ΔE 17.3Light cyan · ΔE 17.6Honeydew · ΔE 18.1Light grey · ΔE 19.2
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 11.69, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDAEC0
Analogous#AEDDB3, #AED8DD
Triadic#CBAEDD, #DDCBAE
Split complementary#DDAED8, #DDB3AE
Tetradic#B4AEDD, #DDAEC0, #D8DDAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6FBF9
Lighter +10%#D2ECE2
Darker −10%#8ACEB4
Darker −20%#66BF9D
Darker −30%#48AA85
Darker −40%#388769
More saturated +25%#A0EBCE
Less saturated −25%#BCCFC8

Channel breakdown

R174
G221
B203
Red174 (68.2%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue157.02°
Saturation (HSL)40.87%
Lightness77.45%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AE · G DD · B CB

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