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Recognised as Colour

#AEF5FB

  • #AEF5FB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#AEF5FB is a cyan with RGB values 174, 245, 251 and HSL 185°, 91%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#AEF5FB#AEF5FB
HEX#AEF5FB
RGBrgb(174, 245, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.9608, 0.9843
RGB percentages68.2%, 96.1%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(184.7, 90.6%, 83.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.7, 30.7%, 98.4%)
CMYK30.7%, 2.4%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,466,235
CSS custom property--colour: #AEF5FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.81269WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness226.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.25:1
Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6
Inverted#510A04

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EBEFFCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#DDE4FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Tritanopia#92FAF7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.22:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 4.2Powder blue · ΔE 9Light blue · ΔE 12.9Light cyan · ΔE 13.6Sky blue · ΔE 18.2Azure · ΔE 18.9
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 4.24, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FBB4AE
Analogous#AEFBDA, #AECFFB
Triadic#FBAEF5, #F5FBAE
Split complementary#FBAECF, #FBDAAE
Tetradic#DBAEFB, #FBB4AE, #CFFBAE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DFFBFD
Darker −10%#7DEFF9
Darker −20%#4DE9F6
Darker −30%#1CE3F4
Darker −40%#0AC3D3
More saturated +25%#AAF8FF
Less saturated −25%#B9ECF0

Channel breakdown

R174
G245
B251
Red174 (68.2%)
Green245 (96.1%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue184.68°
Saturation (HSL)90.59%
Lightness83.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AE · G F5 · B FB

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