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Recognised as Colour

#AEE8DC

  • #AEE8DC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#AEE8DC is a cyan with RGB values 174, 232, 220 and HSL 168°, 56%, 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 Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#AEE8DC#AEE8DC
HEX#AEE8DC
RGBrgb(174, 232, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.9098, 0.8627
RGB percentages68.2%, 91%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(167.6, 55.8%, 79.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(167.6, 25%, 91%)
CMYK25%, 0%, 5.2%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,462,876
CSS custom property--colour: #AEE8DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71879WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.38:1
Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB
Inverted#511723

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3E1DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D8D9DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Tritanopia#9EEAE4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 6.7Powder blue · ΔE 10.5Light cyan · ΔE 15.1Light blue · ΔE 15.6Honeydew · ΔE 17.9Azure · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 6.72, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8AEBA
Analogous#AEE8BF, #AED7E8
Triadic#DCAEE8, #E8DCAE
Split complementary#E8AED7, #E8BFAE
Tetradic#BFAEE8, #E8AEBA, #D7E8AE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFFFE
Lighter +10%#D6F3ED
Darker −10%#86DDCB
Darker −20%#5FD1BA
Darker −30%#38C5A8
Darker −40%#2D9D86
More saturated +25%#A1F5E4
Less saturated −25%#BBDBD4

Channel breakdown

R174
G232
B220
Red174 (68.2%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue167.59°
Saturation (HSL)55.77%
Lightness79.61%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AE · G E8 · B DC

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