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Recognised as Colour

#ADAAEA

  • #ADAAEA
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#ADAAEA is a blue with RGB values 173, 170, 234 and HSL 243°, 60%, 79%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#ADAAEA#ADAAEA
HEX#ADAAEA
RGBrgb(173, 170, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.6667, 0.9176
RGB percentages67.8%, 66.7%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(242.8, 60.4%, 79.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(242.8, 27.4%, 91.8%)
CMYK26.1%, 27.4%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,381,482
CSS custom property--colour: #ADAAEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43574WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.71:1
Contrast with white2.16:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#525515

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#99B2EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#98AFE8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Tritanopia#9FB5C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.16:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 20.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 21Light steelblue · ΔE 23.9Thistle · ΔE 23.9Light skyblue · ΔE 27Steel blue · ΔE 27.1
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 20.25, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E7EAAA
Analogous#AAC7EA, #CDAAEA
Triadic#EAADAA, #AAEAAD
Split complementary#EACDAA, #C7EAAA
Tetradic#EAAAC7, #E7EAAA, #AAEACD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FCFCFE
Lighter +10%#D4D3F4
Darker −10%#8681E0
Darker −20%#5E58D6
Darker −30%#3932C9
Darker −40%#2D28A0
More saturated +25%#A19DF7
Less saturated −25%#B9B7DD

Channel breakdown

R173
G170
B234
Red173 (67.8%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue242.81°
Saturation (HSL)60.38%
Lightness79.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G AA · B EA

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