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Recognised as Colour

#AEE5DC

  • #AEE5DC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#AEE5DC is a cyan with RGB values 174, 229, 220 and HSL 170°, 51%, 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

#AEE5DC#AEE5DC
HEX#AEE5DC
RGBrgb(174, 229, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.898, 0.8627
RGB percentages68.2%, 89.8%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(170.2, 51.4%, 79%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.2, 24%, 89.8%)
CMYK24%, 0%, 3.9%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,462,108
CSS custom property--colour: #AEE5DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70205WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness213 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.04:1
Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#511A23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E0DFDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#D5D7DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Tritanopia#9EE7E2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.5 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 text15.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 5.9Powder blue · ΔE 8.5Light blue · ΔE 13.6Light cyan · ΔE 14.4Honeydew · ΔE 17.8Azure · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 5.88, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5AEB7
Analogous#AEE5C1, #AED3E5
Triadic#DCAEE5, #E5DCAE
Split complementary#E5AED2, #E5C1AE
Tetradic#C1AEE5, #E5AEB7, #D3E5AE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBFEFD
Lighter +10%#D5F1ED
Darker −10%#87D9CB
Darker −20%#61CCBB
Darker −30%#3DBDA8
Darker −40%#309786
More saturated +25%#A1F2E5
Less saturated −25%#BBD8D3

Channel breakdown

R174
G229
B220
Red174 (68.2%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue170.18°
Saturation (HSL)51.4%
Lightness79.02%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AE · G E5 · B DC

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