Recognised as Colour

#ADA6E0

#ADA6E0
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Plum

#ADA6E0 is a blue with RGB values 173, 166, 224 and HSL 247°, 48%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#ADA6E0#ADA6E0

HEX#ADA6E0

RGBrgb(173, 166, 224)

RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.651, 0.8784

RGB percentages67.8%, 65.1%, 87.8%

HSLhsl(247.2, 48.3%, 76.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(247.2, 25.9%, 87.8%)

CMYK22.8%, 25.9%, 0%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,380,448

CSS custom property--colour: #ADA6E0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41538WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness175.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.31:1

Contrast with white2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#ACACAC

Inverted#52591F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#98AEE2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#98ABDEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.5 from the original

Tritanopia#A2B0BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 19.2 Thistle · ΔE 21.4 Light steelblue · ΔE 22.1 Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.3 Steel blue · ΔE 26.3 Light skyblue · ΔE 27.1

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 19.17, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D9E0A6

Analogous#A6BCE0, #CAA6E0

Triadic#E0ADA6, #A6E0AD

Split complementary#E0CAA6, #BCE0A6

Tetradic#E0A6BC, #D9E0A6, #A6E0CA

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F3F2FA

Lighter +10%#D0CCED

Darker −10%#8A80D3

Darker −20%#675AC6

Darker −30%#4B3DB0

Darker −40%#3B308A

More saturated +25%#A297EF

Less saturated −25%#B8B5D1

Channel breakdown

R173

G166

B224

Red173 (67.8%)

Green166 (65.1%)

Blue224 (87.8%)

Hue247.24°

Saturation (HSL)48.33%

Lightness76.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AD · G A6 · B E0

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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