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Recognised as Colour

#AEEAFF

  • #AEEAFF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#AEEAFF is a cyan with RGB values 174, 234, 255 and HSL 196°, 100%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#AEEAFF#AEEAFF
HEX#AEEAFF
RGBrgb(174, 234, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.9176, 1
RGB percentages68.2%, 91.8%, 100%
HSLhsl(195.6, 100%, 84.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.6, 31.8%, 100%)
CMYK31.8%, 8.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,463,423
CSS custom property--colour: #AEEAFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75064WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness220.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.01:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF
Inverted#511500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DDE6FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#D1DCFFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.6 from the original
Tritanopia#92F1F0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 8Powder blue · ΔE 8.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.3Sky blue · ΔE 11.4Light cyan · ΔE 15.9Light skyblue · ΔE 16
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 8.01, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFC3AE
Analogous#AEFFEC, #AEC2FF
Triadic#FFAEEA, #EAFFAE
Split complementary#FFAEC2, #FFECAE
Tetradic#EBAEFF, #FFC3AE, #C2FFAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E1F7FF
Darker −10%#7BDDFF
Darker −20%#48D0FF
Darker −30%#15C2FF
Darker −40%#00A7E1
More saturated +25%#AEEAFF
Less saturated −25%#B8E5F5

Channel breakdown

R174
G234
B255
Red174 (68.2%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue195.56°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness84.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G EA · B FF

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