Recognised as Colour
#AEFFE6
- #AEFFE6
- Cyan
- Light
- Nearest: Pale turquoise
#AEFFE6 is a cyan with RGB values 174, 255, 230 and HSL 161°, 100%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.
Colour values
#AEFFE6#AEFFE6
HEX#AEFFE6
RGBrgb(174, 255, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.6824, 1, 0.902
RGB percentages68.2%, 100%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(161.5, 100%, 84.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(161.5, 31.8%, 100%)
CMYK31.8%, 0%, 9.8%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,468,774
CSS custom property--colour: #AEFFE6;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.86232WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness230.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.25:1
Contrast with white1.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black18.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ECECEC
Inverted#510019
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.15:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text18.25:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#FFAEC7
Analogous#AEFFBE, #AEEFFF
Triadic#E6AEFF, #FFE6AE
Split complementary#FFAEF0, #FFBEAE
Tetradic#BEAEFF, #FFAEC7, #F0FFAE
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R174
G255
B230
Red174 (68.2%)
Green255 (100%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue161.48°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness84.12%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AE · G FF · B E6
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