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Recognised as Colour

#AEE2EE

  • #AEE2EE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#AEE2EE is a cyan with RGB values 174, 226, 238 and HSL 191°, 65%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#AEE2EE#AEE2EE
HEX#AEE2EE
RGBrgb(174, 226, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.8863, 0.9333
RGB percentages68.2%, 88.6%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(191.3, 65.3%, 80.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.3, 26.9%, 93.3%)
CMYK26.9%, 5%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,461,358
CSS custom property--colour: #AEE2EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69564WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness213.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.91:1
Contrast with white1.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8
Inverted#511D11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8DEEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#CED6EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16 from the original
Tritanopia#99E7E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.41:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 3.3Light blue · ΔE 4.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 8.2Sky blue · ΔE 12.6Light cyan · ΔE 14.2Light steelblue · ΔE 15.6
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 3.33, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEBAAE
Analogous#AEEEDA, #AEC2EE
Triadic#EEAEE2, #E2EEAE
Split complementary#EEAEC2, #EEDAAE
Tetradic#DAAEEE, #EEBAAE, #C2EEAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D8F1F7
Darker −10%#84D3E5
Darker −20%#5AC4DC
Darker −30%#30B5D3
Darker −40%#2492AC
More saturated +25%#A2EAFA
Less saturated −25%#BADAE2

Channel breakdown

R174
G226
B238
Red174 (68.2%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue191.25°
Saturation (HSL)65.31%
Lightness80.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G E2 · B EE

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