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Recognised as Colour

#AADCE4

  • #AADCE4
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#AADCE4 is a cyan with RGB values 170, 220, 228 and HSL 188°, 52%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#AADCE4#AADCE4
HEX#AADCE4
RGBrgb(170, 220, 228)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.8627, 0.8941
RGB percentages66.7%, 86.3%, 89.4%
HSLhsl(188.3, 51.8%, 78%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.3, 25.4%, 89.4%)
CMYK25.4%, 3.5%, 0%, 10.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,197,668
CSS custom property--colour: #AADCE4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65334WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness207.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.07:1
Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2
Inverted#55231B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4D8E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#C9D0E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.9 from the original
Tritanopia#97E0DEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 1.9Light blue · ΔE 4.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 8.1Sky blue · ΔE 13.3Light cyan · ΔE 15.1Light steelblue · ΔE 15.6
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 1.9, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E4B2AA
Analogous#AAE4CF, #AABFE4
Triadic#E4AADC, #DCE4AA
Split complementary#E4AABF, #E4CFAA
Tetradic#CFAAE4, #E4B2AA, #BFE4AA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7FCFD
Lighter +10%#D1ECF0
Darker −10%#83CCD8
Darker −20%#5DBCCB
Darker −30%#3BA8BA
Darker −40%#2F8593
More saturated +25%#9CE6F2
Less saturated −25%#B8D2D6

Channel breakdown

R170
G220
B228
Red170 (66.7%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue228 (89.4%)
Hue188.28°
Saturation (HSL)51.79%
Lightness78.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G DC · B E4

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