Recognised as Colour

#AADFDD

#AADFDD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#AADFDD is a cyan with RGB values 170, 223, 221 and HSL 178°, 45%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#AADFDD#AADFDD

HEX#AADFDD

RGBrgb(170, 223, 221)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.8745, 0.8667

RGB percentages66.7%, 87.5%, 86.7%

HSLhsl(177.7, 45.3%, 77.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(177.7, 23.8%, 87.5%)

CMYK23.8%, 0%, 0.9%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,198,429

CSS custom property--colour: #AADFDD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66542WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness208.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.31:1

Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4

Inverted#552022

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D8DADDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#CED2DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original

Tritanopia#99E2DEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.1 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 text14.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 4.8 Pale turquoise · ΔE 5.6 Light blue · ΔE 9.5 Light cyan · ΔE 14.6 Light grey · ΔE 17.9 Sky blue · ΔE 17.9

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 4.79, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DFAAAC

Analogous#AADFC3, #AAC6DF

Triadic#DDAADF, #DFDDAA

Split complementary#DFAAC6, #DFC3AA

Tetradic#C3AADF, #DFAAAC, #C6DFAA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F4FBFB

Lighter +10%#CFEDEC

Darker −10%#85D1CE

Darker −20%#60C3BF

Darker −30%#42AEAA

Darker −40%#348986

More saturated +25%#9BEEEB

Less saturated −25%#B9D0CF

Channel breakdown

R170

G223

B221

Red170 (66.7%)

Green223 (87.5%)

Blue221 (86.7%)

Hue177.74°

Saturation (HSL)45.3%

Lightness77.06%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR AA · G DF · B DD

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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