Recognised as Colour

#AEE7EC

#AEE7EC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#AEE7EC is a cyan with RGB values 174, 231, 236 and HSL 185°, 62%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

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HEX#AEE7EC

RGBrgb(174, 231, 236)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.9059, 0.9255

RGB percentages68.2%, 90.6%, 92.5%

HSLhsl(184.8, 62%, 80.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(184.8, 26.3%, 92.5%)

CMYK26.3%, 2.1%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,462,636

CSS custom property--colour: #AEE7EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72207WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.44:1

Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB

Inverted#511813

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DEE2ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#D3D9ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.6 from the original

Tritanopia#99EBE8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 3.4 Pale turquoise · ΔE 3.9 Light blue · ΔE 8 Light cyan · ΔE 13 Sky blue · ΔE 15.8 Azure · ΔE 17.5

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 3.41, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ECB3AE

Analogous#AEECD2, #AEC8EC

Triadic#ECAEE7, #E7ECAE

Split complementary#ECAEC8, #ECD2AE

Tetradic#D2AEEC, #ECB3AE, #C8ECAE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#D7F3F6

Darker −10%#85DBE2

Darker −20%#5BCFD9

Darker −30%#32C2CF

Darker −40%#279DA7

More saturated +25%#A2F1F9

Less saturated −25%#BBDDE0

Channel breakdown

R174

G231

B236

Red174 (68.2%)

Green231 (90.6%)

Blue236 (92.5%)

Hue184.84°

Saturation (HSL)62%

Lightness80.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AE · G E7 · B EC

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