Nerdulator> put something in

Colour

#ADADFD

  • #ADADFD
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#ADADFD is a blue with RGB values 173, 173, 253 and HSL 240°, 95%, 84%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#ADADFD#ADADFD
HEX#ADADFD
RGBrgb(173, 173, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.6784, 0.9922
RGB percentages67.8%, 67.8%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(240, 95.2%, 83.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(240, 31.6%, 99.2%)
CMYK31.6%, 31.6%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,382,269
CSS custom property--colour: #ADADFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45863WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.17:1
Contrast with white2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#525202

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#95B7FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#92B2FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Tritanopia#99BCCAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 17.3Plum · ΔE 23Medium purple · ΔE 28.5Dodgerblue · ΔE 28.7Steel blue · ΔE 31.2Light skyblue · ΔE 31.3
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 17.27, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDFDAD
Analogous#ADD5FD, #D5ADFD
Triadic#FDADAD, #ADFDAD
Split complementary#FDD5AD, #D5FDAD
Tetradic#FDADD5, #FDFDAD, #ADFDD5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DFDFFE
Darker −10%#7B7BFC
Darker −20%#4949FB
Darker −30%#1818F9
Darker −40%#0505D9
More saturated +25%#ABABFF
Less saturated −25%#B8B8F3

Channel breakdown

R173
G173
B253
Red173 (67.8%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue240°
Saturation (HSL)95.24%
Lightness83.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G AD · B FD

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “adadfd” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.