Recognised as Colour

#AEDEDC

#AEDEDC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#AEDEDC is a cyan with RGB values 174, 222, 220 and HSL 178°, 42%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#AEDEDC#AEDEDC

HEX#AEDEDC

RGBrgb(174, 222, 220)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.8706, 0.8627

RGB percentages68.2%, 87.1%, 86.3%

HSLhsl(177.5, 42.1%, 77.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(177.5, 21.6%, 87.1%)

CMYK21.6%, 0%, 0.9%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,460,316

CSS custom property--colour: #AEDEDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66409WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness208.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.28:1

Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4

Inverted#512123

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D8D9DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#CFD2DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17 from the original

Tritanopia#9FE1DDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.7 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 text14.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 4.4 Pale turquoise · ΔE 6.6 Light blue · ΔE 9 Light cyan · ΔE 14 Light grey · ΔE 16.4 Gainsboro · ΔE 16.6

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 4.37, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DEAEB0

Analogous#AEDEC4, #AEC8DE

Triadic#DCAEDE, #DEDCAE

Split complementary#DEAEC8, #DEC4AE

Tetradic#C4AEDE, #DEAEB0, #C8DEAE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F6FCFB

Lighter +10%#D2EDEC

Darker −10%#8ACFCC

Darker −20%#66C0BD

Darker −30%#46ADA8

Darker −40%#388885

More saturated +25%#A0ECE9

Less saturated −25%#BCD0CF

Channel breakdown

R174

G222

B220

Red174 (68.2%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue220 (86.3%)

Hue177.5°

Saturation (HSL)42.11%

Lightness77.65%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR AE · G DE · B DC

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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