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Recognised as Colour

#AEE8E6

  • #AEE8E6
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#AEE8E6 is a cyan with RGB values 174, 232, 230 and HSL 178°, 56%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#AEE8E6#AEE8E6
HEX#AEE8E6
RGBrgb(174, 232, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.9098, 0.902
RGB percentages68.2%, 91%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(177.9, 55.8%, 79.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.9, 25%, 91%)
CMYK25%, 0%, 0.9%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,462,886
CSS custom property--colour: #AEE8E6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72425WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.49:1
Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC
Inverted#511719

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E1E2E6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6DAE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Tritanopia#9BEBE7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.6 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 text15.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 2.5Powder blue · ΔE 5.9Light blue · ΔE 11Light cyan · ΔE 13.2Azure · ΔE 17.8Honeydew · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 2.53, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8AEB0
Analogous#AEE8C9, #AECDE8
Triadic#E6AEE8, #E8E6AE
Split complementary#E8AECD, #E8C9AE
Tetradic#C9AEE8, #E8AEB0, #CDE8AE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FDFFFF
Lighter +10%#D6F3F2
Darker −10%#86DDDA
Darker −20%#5FD1CD
Darker −30%#38C5C0
Darker −40%#2D9D99
More saturated +25%#A1F5F2
Less saturated −25%#BBDBDA

Channel breakdown

R174
G232
B230
Red174 (68.2%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue177.93°
Saturation (HSL)55.77%
Lightness79.61%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AE · G E8 · B E6

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