Recognised as Colour
#AEFCE9
- #AEFCE9
- Cyan
- Light
- Nearest: Pale turquoise
#AEFCE9 is a cyan with RGB values 174, 252, 233 and HSL 165°, 93%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 17.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.
Colour values
#AEFCE9#AEFCE9
HEX#AEFCE9
RGBrgb(174, 252, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 0.9882, 0.9137
RGB percentages68.2%, 98.8%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(165.4, 92.9%, 83.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(165.4, 31%, 98.8%)
CMYK31%, 0%, 7.5%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,468,009
CSS custom property--colour: #AEFCE9;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.84503WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness229.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 17.9:1
Contrast with white1.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black17.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#EAEAEA
Inverted#510316
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.17:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text17.9:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#FCAEC1
Analogous#AEFCC2, #AEE8FC
Triadic#E9AEFC, #FCE9AE
Split complementary#FCAEE8, #FCC2AE
Tetradic#C2AEFC, #FCAEC1, #E8FCAE
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R174
G252
B233
Red174 (68.2%)
Green252 (98.8%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue165.38°
Saturation (HSL)92.86%
Lightness83.53%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AE · G FC · B E9
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