Recognised as Colour

#AEEBE2

#AEEBE2
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Pale turquoise

#AEEBE2 is a cyan with RGB values 174, 235, 226 and HSL 171°, 60%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#AEEBE2#AEEBE2

HEX#AEEBE2

RGBrgb(174, 235, 226)

RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.9216, 0.8863

RGB percentages68.2%, 92.2%, 88.6%

HSLhsl(171.1, 60.4%, 80.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.1, 26%, 92.2%)

CMYK26%, 0%, 3.8%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,463,650

CSS custom property--colour: #AEEBE2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73906WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness217.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.78:1

Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD

Inverted#51141D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E5E4E2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#D9DCE3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.4 from the original

Tritanopia#9CEEE8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6 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 text15.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 4.9 Powder blue · ΔE 9.7 Light cyan · ΔE 14.4 Light blue · ΔE 14.9 Honeydew · ΔE 18.1 Azure · ΔE 19

Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 4.88, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EBAEB7

Analogous#AEEBC4, #AED5EB

Triadic#E2AEEB, #EBE2AE

Split complementary#EBAED5, #EBC4AE

Tetradic#C4AEEB, #EBAEB7, #D5EBAE

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#D7F5F1

Darker −10%#85E1D3

Darker −20%#5CD7C5

Darker −30%#33CDB6

Darker −40%#29A492

More saturated +25%#A1F8EB

Less saturated −25%#BBDED9

Channel breakdown

R174

G235

B226

Red174 (68.2%)

Green235 (92.2%)

Blue226 (88.6%)

Hue171.15°

Saturation (HSL)60.4%

Lightness80.2%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR AE · G EB · B E2

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