Recognised as Colour

#AADFF0

#AADFF0
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Light blue

#AADFF0 is a cyan with RGB values 170, 223, 240 and HSL 195°, 70%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#AADFF0#AADFF0

HEX#AADFF0

RGBrgb(170, 223, 240)

RGB (0–1)0.6667, 0.8745, 0.9412

RGB percentages66.7%, 87.5%, 94.1%

HSLhsl(194.6, 70%, 80.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(194.6, 29.2%, 94.1%)

CMYK29.2%, 7.1%, 0%, 5.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,198,448

CSS custom property--colour: #AADFF0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67613WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness210.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.52:1

Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5

Inverted#55200F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D4DCF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#C9D3F0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.6 from the original

Tritanopia#93E5E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 3.8 Powder blue · ΔE 5.9 Sky blue · ΔE 10.1 Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.8 Light steelblue · ΔE 14 Light skyblue · ΔE 16.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 3.76, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F0BBAA

Analogous#AAF0DE, #AABCF0

Triadic#F0AADF, #DFF0AA

Split complementary#F0AABC, #F0DEAA

Tetradic#DEAAF0, #F0BBAA, #BCF0AA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#D5EFF8

Darker −10%#7FCFE8

Darker −20%#53BEE1

Darker −30%#28AED9

Darker −40%#1F8CAF

More saturated +25%#9EE5FD

Less saturated −25%#B7D9E4

Channel breakdown

R170

G223

B240

Red170 (66.7%)

Green223 (87.5%)

Blue240 (94.1%)

Hue194.57°

Saturation (HSL)70%

Lightness80.39%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AA · G DF · B F0

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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