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Recognised as Colour

#ADB3D6

  • #ADB3D6
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#ADB3D6 is a blue with RGB values 173, 179, 214 and HSL 231°, 33%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#ADB3D6#ADB3D6
HEX#ADB3D6
RGBrgb(173, 179, 214)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.702, 0.8392
RGB percentages67.8%, 70.2%, 83.9%
HSLhsl(231.2, 33.3%, 75.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(231.2, 19.2%, 83.9%)
CMYK19.2%, 16.4%, 0%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,383,766
CSS custom property--colour: #ADB3D6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45979WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.2:1
Contrast with white2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#524C29

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AAB6D8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7B3D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Tritanopia#A4B9BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17 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 text10.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.7Thistle · ΔE 13.8Silver · ΔE 19.5Dark grey · ΔE 19.5Light skyblue · ΔE 20Light blue · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.7, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D6D0AD
Analogous#ADC8D6, #BCADD6
Triadic#D6ADB3, #B3D6AD
Split complementary#D6BCAD, #C7D6AD
Tetradic#D6ADC7, #D6D0AD, #ADD6BC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F1F2F8
Lighter +10%#CFD3E7
Darker −10%#8B93C5
Darker −20%#6974B4
Darker −30%#4E599C
Darker −40%#3D467A
More saturated +25%#9EA8E5
Less saturated −25%#BCBEC7

Channel breakdown

R173
G179
B214
Red173 (67.8%)
Green179 (70.2%)
Blue214 (83.9%)
Hue231.22°
Saturation (HSL)33.33%
Lightness75.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G B3 · B D6

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