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Recognised as Colour

#ADA5CA

  • #ADA5CA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Thistle

#ADA5CA is a blue with RGB values 173, 165, 202 and HSL 253°, 26%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#ADA5CA#ADA5CA
HEX#ADA5CA
RGBrgb(173, 165, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.6471, 0.7922
RGB percentages67.8%, 64.7%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(253, 25.9%, 72%)
HSV / HSBhsv(253, 18.3%, 79.2%)
CMYK14.4%, 18.3%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,380,170
CSS custom property--colour: #ADA5CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40059WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.01:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#525A35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9DAACCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EA9C9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Tritanopia#A8ABB1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 13.9Light steelblue · ΔE 14.8Light slate grey · ΔE 19.7Dark grey · ΔE 20.6Slate grey · ΔE 22Silver · ΔE 22.1
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 13.93, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C2CAA5
Analogous#A5AFCA, #C0A5CA
Triadic#CAADA5, #A5CAAD
Split complementary#CAC0A5, #AFCAA5
Tetradic#CAA5AF, #C2CAA5, #A5CAC0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E7E5F0
Lighter +10%#CAC5DD
Darker −10%#9085B7
Darker −20%#7365A4
Darker −30%#5B4F87
Darker −40%#463C67
More saturated +25%#A393DC
Less saturated −25%#B7B7B8

Channel breakdown

R173
G165
B202
Red173 (67.8%)
Green165 (64.7%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue252.97°
Saturation (HSL)25.87%
Lightness71.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G A5 · B CA

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