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Recognised as Colour

#AADADD

  • #AADADD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#AADADD is a cyan with RGB values 170, 218, 221 and HSL 184°, 43%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#AADADD#AADADD
HEX#AADADD
RGBrgb(170, 218, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.8549, 0.8667
RGB percentages66.7%, 85.5%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(183.5, 42.9%, 76.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183.5, 23.1%, 86.7%)
CMYK23.1%, 1.4%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,197,149
CSS custom property--colour: #AADADD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63909WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness205.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.78:1
Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#552522

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3D6DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9CEDDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.1 from the original
Tritanopia#9ADEDBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 2.7Light blue · ΔE 6.3Pale turquoise · ΔE 7.8Light cyan · ΔE 15.1Sky blue · ΔE 15.4Light grey · ΔE 16.2
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 2.73, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DDADAA
Analogous#AADDC6, #AAC1DD
Triadic#DDAADA, #DADDAA
Split complementary#DDAAC1, #DDC6AA
Tetradic#C6AADD, #DDADAA, #C1DDAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F3FAFA
Lighter +10%#CEEAEC
Darker −10%#86CACE
Darker −20%#61BAC0
Darker −30%#44A4AA
Darker −40%#358186
More saturated +25%#9BE7EC
Less saturated −25%#B9CDCE

Channel breakdown

R170
G218
B221
Red170 (66.7%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue183.53°
Saturation (HSL)42.86%
Lightness76.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G DA · B DD

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