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Recognised as Colour

#AEE8FC

  • #AEE8FC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#AEE8FC is a cyan with RGB values 174, 232, 252 and HSL 195°, 93%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#AEE8FC#AEE8FC
HEX#AEE8FC
RGBrgb(174, 232, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.9098, 0.9882
RGB percentages68.2%, 91%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(195.4, 92.9%, 83.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.4, 31%, 98.8%)
CMYK31%, 7.9%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,462,908
CSS custom property--colour: #AEE8FC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7374WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness218.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.75:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD
Inverted#511703

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DCE4FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0DBFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.8 from the original
Tritanopia#94EFEEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 7.1Powder blue · ΔE 8.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 11Sky blue · ΔE 11.2Light cyan · ΔE 15.7Light skyblue · ΔE 16
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 7.08, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FCC2AE
Analogous#AEFCE9, #AEC1FC
Triadic#FCAEE8, #E8FCAE
Split complementary#FCAEC1, #FCE9AE
Tetradic#E9AEFC, #FCC2AE, #C1FCAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DFF6FE
Darker −10%#7DDAFA
Darker −20%#4CCCF8
Darker −30%#1ABEF7
Darker −40%#08A1D6
More saturated +25%#ABE9FF
Less saturated −25%#B9E3F2

Channel breakdown

R174
G232
B252
Red174 (68.2%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue195.38°
Saturation (HSL)92.86%
Lightness83.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G E8 · B FC

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