Recognised as Colour
#AEEFED
- #AEEFED
- Cyan
- Light
- Nearest: Pale turquoise
#AEEFED is a cyan with RGB values 174, 239, 237 and HSL 178°, 67%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.
Colour values
#AEEFED#AEEFED
HEX#AEEFED
RGBrgb(174, 239, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.9373, 0.9294
RGB percentages68.2%, 93.7%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(178.2, 67%, 81%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.2, 27.2%, 93.7%)
CMYK27.2%, 0%, 0.8%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,464,685
CSS custom property--colour: #AEEFED;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.76846WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness221.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.37:1
Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E1E1E1
Inverted#511012
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.37:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#EFAEB0
Analogous#AEEFCD, #AED0EF
Triadic#EDAEEF, #EFEDAE
Split complementary#EFAED0, #EFCDAE
Tetradic#CDAEEF, #EFAEB0, #D0EFAE
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R174
G239
B237
Red174 (68.2%)
Green239 (93.7%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue178.15°
Saturation (HSL)67.01%
Lightness80.98%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AE · G EF · B ED
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