Colour

#ADBBC9

#ADBBC9
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Light steelblue

#ADBBC9 is a blue with RGB values 173, 187, 201 and HSL 210°, 21%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#ADBBC9#ADBBC9

HEX#ADBBC9

RGBrgb(173, 187, 201)

RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.7333, 0.7882

RGB percentages67.8%, 73.3%, 78.8%

HSLhsl(210, 20.6%, 73.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(210, 13.9%, 78.8%)

CMYK13.9%, 7%, 0%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,385,801

CSS custom property--colour: #ADBBC9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48642WCAG 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 10.73:1

Contrast with white1.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9

Inverted#524436

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B6BBCAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#B3B8C9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.6 from the original

Tritanopia#A6BEBFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.96:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 7.3 Silver · ΔE 9.2 Dark grey · ΔE 10.7 Light blue · ΔE 12.7 Light grey · ΔE 12.9 Gainsboro · ΔE 15.4

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 7.3, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C9BBAD

Analogous#ADC9C9, #ADADC9

Triadic#C9ADBB, #BBC9AD

Split complementary#C9ADAD, #C9C9AD

Tetradic#C9ADC9, #C9BBAD, #ADC9AD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#EBEEF2

Lighter +10%#CCD5DD

Darker −10%#8EA2B5

Darker −20%#7088A1

Darker −30%#586F85

Darker −40%#445567

More saturated +25%#9CBBDA

Less saturated −25%#BBBBBB

Channel breakdown

R173

G187

B201

Red173 (67.8%)

Green187 (73.3%)

Blue201 (78.8%)

Hue210°

Saturation (HSL)20.59%

Lightness73.33%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AD · G BB · B C9

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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