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Colour

#AABADE

  • #AABADE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#AABADE is a blue with RGB values 170, 186, 222 and HSL 222°, 44%, 77%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#AABADE#AABADE
HEX#AABADE
RGBrgb(170, 186, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.7294, 0.8706
RGB percentages66.7%, 72.9%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(221.5, 44.1%, 76.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.5, 23.4%, 87.1%)
CMYK23.4%, 16.2%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,188,958
CSS custom property--colour: #AABADE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48938WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.79:1
Contrast with white1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#554521

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFBCE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#AAB8DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#9DC1C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 6.6Thistle · ΔE 16Light skyblue · ΔE 16.3Sky blue · ΔE 17.6Light blue · ΔE 17.7Lavender · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 6.57, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DECEAA
Analogous#AAD4DE, #B4AADE
Triadic#DEAABA, #BADEAA
Split complementary#DEB4AA, #D4DEAA
Tetradic#DEAAD4, #DECEAA, #AADEB4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F3F6FB
Lighter +10%#CFD8EC
Darker −10%#859CD0
Darker −20%#617EC1
Darker −30%#4363AC
Darker −40%#354E87
More saturated +25%#9BB4ED
Less saturated −25%#B9C0CF

Channel breakdown

R170
G186
B222
Red170 (66.7%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue221.54°
Saturation (HSL)44.07%
Lightness76.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G BA · B DE

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