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Recognised as Colour

#AADDEF

  • #AADDEF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#AADDEF is a cyan with RGB values 170, 221, 239 and HSL 196°, 68%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#AADDEF#AADDEF
HEX#AADDEF
RGBrgb(170, 221, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.8667, 0.9373
RGB percentages66.7%, 86.7%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(195.7, 68.3%, 80.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.7, 28.9%, 93.7%)
CMYK28.9%, 7.5%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,197,935
CSS custom property--colour: #AADDEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66491WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness209.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.3:1
Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3
Inverted#552210

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2DAF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#C7D1EFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original
Tritanopia#94E3E2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 3.3Powder blue · ΔE 6.4Sky blue · ΔE 9.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.7Light steelblue · ΔE 13Light skyblue · ΔE 15.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 3.31, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFBCAA
Analogous#AAEFDF, #AABBEF
Triadic#EFAADD, #DDEFAA
Split complementary#EFAABB, #EFDFAA
Tetradic#DFAAEF, #EFBCAA, #BBEFAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D5EEF7
Darker −10%#7FCCE7
Darker −20%#54BBDF
Darker −30%#29A9D7
Darker −40%#2088AD
More saturated +25%#9DE3FC
Less saturated −25%#B7D7E2

Channel breakdown

R170
G221
B239
Red170 (66.7%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue195.65°
Saturation (HSL)68.32%
Lightness80.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AA · G DD · B EF

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