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Recognised as Colour

#ADBAFE

  • #ADBAFE
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#ADBAFE is a blue with RGB values 173, 186, 254 and HSL 230°, 98%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#ADBAFE#ADBAFE
HEX#ADBAFE
RGBrgb(173, 186, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.7294, 0.9961
RGB percentages67.8%, 72.9%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(230.4, 97.6%, 83.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(230.4, 31.9%, 99.6%)
CMYK31.9%, 26.8%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,385,598
CSS custom property--colour: #ADBAFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51158WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.23:1
Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#524501

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A5C1FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0BBFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Tritanopia#97C7D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.87:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 20.7Light skyblue · ΔE 22.8Light steelblue · ΔE 23.3Plum · ΔE 25.5Thistle · ΔE 26.1Steel blue · ΔE 28.6
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 20.67, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEF1AD
Analogous#ADE2FE, #C9ADFE
Triadic#FEADBA, #BAFEAD
Split complementary#FEC9AD, #E3FEAD
Tetradic#FEADE2, #FEF1AD, #ADFEC9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DFE4FF
Darker −10%#7B90FD
Darker −20%#4865FD
Darker −30%#163BFC
Darker −40%#0326DC
More saturated +25%#ACB9FF
Less saturated −25%#B7C1F4

Channel breakdown

R173
G186
B254
Red173 (67.8%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue230.37°
Saturation (HSL)97.59%
Lightness83.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G BA · B FE

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