Colour

#AEE4E0

#AEE4E0
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Pale turquoise

#AEE4E0 is a cyan with RGB values 174, 228, 224 and HSL 176°, 50%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#AEE4E0#AEE4E0

HEX#AEE4E0

RGBrgb(174, 228, 224)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.8941, 0.8784

RGB percentages68.2%, 89.4%, 87.8%

HSLhsl(175.6, 50%, 78.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(175.6, 23.7%, 89.4%)

CMYK23.7%, 0%, 1.8%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,461,856

CSS custom property--colour: #AEE4E0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.69867WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.97:1

Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8

Inverted#511B1F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DEDEE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#D3D6E1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.2 from the original

Tritanopia#9DE7E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 4.5 Powder blue · ΔE 5.9 Light blue · ΔE 11 Light cyan · ΔE 13.6 Azure · ΔE 17.9 Honeydew · ΔE 18.1

Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 4.46, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E4AEB2

Analogous#AEE4C5, #AECDE4

Triadic#E0AEE4, #E4E0AE

Split complementary#E4AECD, #E4C5AE

Tetradic#C5AEE4, #E4AEB2, #CDE4AE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBFEFD

Lighter +10%#D4F1EF

Darker −10%#88D7D1

Darker −20%#62CBC3

Darker −30%#3EBBB2

Darker −40%#31958D

More saturated +25%#A1F2EC

Less saturated −25%#BCD7D5

Channel breakdown

R174

G228

B224

Red174 (68.2%)

Green228 (89.4%)

Blue224 (87.8%)

Hue175.56°

Saturation (HSL)50%

Lightness78.82%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR AE · G E4 · B E0

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Colour harmonies

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