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Recognised as Colour

#ADAAE3

  • #ADAAE3
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#ADAAE3 is a blue with RGB values 173, 170, 227 and HSL 243°, 50%, 78%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#ADAAE3#ADAAE3
HEX#ADAAE3
RGBrgb(173, 170, 227)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.6667, 0.8902
RGB percentages67.8%, 66.7%, 89%
HSLhsl(243.2, 50.4%, 77.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(243.2, 25.1%, 89%)
CMYK23.8%, 25.1%, 0%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,381,475
CSS custom property--colour: #ADAAE3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4318WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.64:1
Contrast with white2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#52551C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9BB1E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#9AAEE1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Tritanopia#A1B4BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 20.5Light steelblue · ΔE 20.6Thistle · ΔE 20.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.5Light skyblue · ΔE 25.3Steel blue · ΔE 26.1
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 20.45, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E0E3AA
Analogous#AAC3E3, #C9AAE3
Triadic#E3ADAA, #AAE3AD
Split complementary#E3CAAA, #C3E3AA
Tetradic#E3AAC3, #E0E3AA, #AAE3C9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F7F7FC
Lighter +10%#D2D0F0
Darker −10%#8884D6
Darker −20%#635DCA
Darker −30%#433CB8
Darker −40%#353091
More saturated +25%#A09CF1
Less saturated −25%#BAB8D5

Channel breakdown

R173
G170
B227
Red173 (67.8%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue227 (89%)
Hue243.16°
Saturation (HSL)50.44%
Lightness77.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G AA · B E3

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