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Recognised as Colour

#AEE3DC

  • #AEE3DC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#AEE3DC is a cyan with RGB values 174, 227, 220 and HSL 172°, 49%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#AEE3DC#AEE3DC
HEX#AEE3DC
RGBrgb(174, 227, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.8902, 0.8627
RGB percentages68.2%, 89%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(172.1, 48.6%, 78.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.1, 23.3%, 89%)
CMYK23.3%, 0%, 3.1%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,461,596
CSS custom property--colour: #AEE3DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69104WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness211.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.82:1
Contrast with white1.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D7D7D7
Inverted#511C23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DDDDDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#D3D6DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Tritanopia#9FE6E1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 5.7Powder blue · ΔE 7.3Light blue · ΔE 12.3Light cyan · ΔE 14.1Honeydew · ΔE 17.8Azure · ΔE 18.3
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 5.68, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E3AEB5
Analogous#AEE3C2, #AECFE3
Triadic#DCAEE3, #E3DCAE
Split complementary#E3AECF, #E3C2AE
Tetradic#C2AEE3, #E3AEB5, #CFE3AE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAFDFD
Lighter +10%#D4F0EC
Darker −10%#88D6CC
Darker −20%#62C9BB
Darker −30%#40B8A8
Darker −40%#339286
More saturated +25%#A0F1E6
Less saturated −25%#BCD5D2

Channel breakdown

R174
G227
B220
Red174 (68.2%)
Green227 (89%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue172.08°
Saturation (HSL)48.62%
Lightness78.63%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AE · G E3 · B DC

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