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Recognised as Colour

#AEF6EC

  • #AEF6EC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#AEF6EC is a cyan with RGB values 174, 246, 236 and HSL 172°, 80%, 82%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#AEF6EC#AEF6EC
HEX#AEF6EC
RGBrgb(174, 246, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.9647, 0.9255
RGB percentages68.2%, 96.5%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(171.7, 80%, 82.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.7, 29.3%, 96.5%)
CMYK29.3%, 0%, 4.1%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,466,476
CSS custom property--colour: #AEF6EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.80966WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness225.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.19:1
Contrast with white1.22:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.19:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#E6E6E6
Inverted#510913

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EFEEECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#E2E4EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Tritanopia#97F9F3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.1 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 text17.19:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 6.5Powder blue · ΔE 13.1Light cyan · ΔE 15.5Light blue · ΔE 18.2Honeydew · ΔE 19.5Azure · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 6.49, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F6AEB8
Analogous#AEF6C8, #AEDCF6
Triadic#ECAEF6, #F6ECAE
Split complementary#F6AEDC, #F6C8AE
Tetradic#C8AEF6, #F6AEB8, #DCF6AE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DCFBF7
Darker −10%#80F1E1
Darker −20%#52ECD6
Darker −30%#24E7CC
Darker −40%#16C2AA
More saturated +25%#A5FFF2
Less saturated −25%#B9EBE4

Channel breakdown

R174
G246
B236
Red174 (68.2%)
Green246 (96.5%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue171.67°
Saturation (HSL)80%
Lightness82.35%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AE · G F6 · B EC

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