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Recognised as Colour

#ADB7CF

  • #ADB7CF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#ADB7CF is a blue with RGB values 173, 183, 207 and HSL 222°, 26%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#ADB7CF#ADB7CF
HEX#ADB7CF
RGBrgb(173, 183, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.7176, 0.8118
RGB percentages67.8%, 71.8%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(222.4, 26.2%, 74.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.4, 16.4%, 81.2%)
CMYK16.4%, 11.6%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,384,783
CSS custom property--colour: #ADB7CF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47256WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness183 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.45:1
Contrast with white2.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7
Inverted#524830

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0B8D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#ADB6CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original
Tritanopia#A5BCBFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.01:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 5.3Thistle · ΔE 13.7Silver · ΔE 13.8Dark grey · ΔE 14.3Light blue · ΔE 15.7Light grey · ΔE 16.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 5.31, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CFC5AD
Analogous#ADC8CF, #B4ADCF
Triadic#CFADB7, #B7CFAD
Split complementary#CFB4AD, #C8CFAD
Tetradic#CFADC8, #CFC5AD, #ADCFB4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EDEFF5
Lighter +10%#CDD3E2
Darker −10%#8D9BBC
Darker −20%#6D7FA9
Darker −30%#54658F
Darker −40%#414F6F
More saturated +25%#9DB0DF
Less saturated −25%#BDBEBF

Channel breakdown

R173
G183
B207
Red173 (67.8%)
Green183 (71.8%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue222.35°
Saturation (HSL)26.15%
Lightness74.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G B7 · B CF

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