Colour

#ADB8D7

#ADB8D7
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Light steelblue

#ADB8D7 is a blue with RGB values 173, 184, 215 and HSL 224°, 34%, 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

#ADB8D7#ADB8D7

HEX#ADB8D7

RGBrgb(173, 184, 215)

RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.7216, 0.8431

RGB percentages67.8%, 72.2%, 84.3%

HSLhsl(224.3, 34.4%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(224.3, 19.5%, 84.3%)

CMYK19.5%, 14.4%, 0%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,385,047

CSS custom property--colour: #ADB8D7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48072WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness184.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.61:1

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

Contrast with black10.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8

Inverted#524728

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#AFBAD8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#ACB7D6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#A3BEC2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.1 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 text10.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 5.6 Thistle · ΔE 14 Light blue · ΔE 17.1 Silver · ΔE 17.3 Dark grey · ΔE 18 Lavender · ΔE 18.4

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 5.59, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D7CCAD

Analogous#ADCDD7, #B7ADD7

Triadic#D7ADB8, #B8D7AD

Split complementary#D7B7AD, #CDD7AD

Tetradic#D7ADCD, #D7CCAD, #ADD7B7

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F2F3F8

Lighter +10%#CFD6E8

Darker −10%#8B9AC6

Darker −20%#687DB6

Darker −30%#4D629E

Darker −40%#3C4D7C

More saturated +25%#9EB1E6

Less saturated −25%#BCBFC8

Channel breakdown

R173

G184

B215

Red173 (67.8%)

Green184 (72.2%)

Blue215 (84.3%)

Hue224.29°

Saturation (HSL)34.43%

Lightness76.08%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AD · G B8 · B D7

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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