Colour

#ADB8D5

#ADB8D5
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Light steelblue

#ADB8D5 is a blue with RGB values 173, 184, 213 and HSL 224°, 32%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#ADB8D5#ADB8D5

HEX#ADB8D5

RGBrgb(173, 184, 213)

RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.7216, 0.8353

RGB percentages67.8%, 72.2%, 83.5%

HSLhsl(223.5, 32.3%, 75.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(223.5, 18.8%, 83.5%)

CMYK18.8%, 13.6%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,385,045

CSS custom property--colour: #ADB8D5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47969WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness184.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.59:1

Contrast with white1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8

Inverted#52472A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B0BAD6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Deuteranopia#ACB7D4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#A4BDC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 5.1 Thistle · ΔE 13.9 Silver · ΔE 16.3 Light blue · ΔE 16.5 Dark grey · ΔE 16.9 Lavender · ΔE 18.2

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 5.11, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#D5CAAD

Analogous#ADCCD5, #B6ADD5

Triadic#D5ADB8, #B8D5AD

Split complementary#D5B6AD, #CCD5AD

Tetradic#D5ADCC, #D5CAAD, #ADD5B6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F0F2F8

Lighter +10%#CFD5E6

Darker −10%#8B9BC4

Darker −20%#6A7EB2

Darker −30%#4F649A

Darker −40%#3E4E78

More saturated +25%#9EB1E5

Less saturated −25%#BDBFC6

Channel breakdown

R173

G184

B213

Red173 (67.8%)

Green184 (72.2%)

Blue213 (83.5%)

Hue223.5°

Saturation (HSL)32.26%

Lightness75.69%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AD · G B8 · B D5

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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