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Recognised as Colour

#ADBCDC

  • #ADBCDC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#ADBCDC is a blue with RGB values 173, 188, 220 and HSL 221°, 40%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#ADBCDC#ADBCDC
HEX#ADBCDC
RGBrgb(173, 188, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.7373, 0.8627
RGB percentages67.8%, 73.7%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(220.9, 40.2%, 77.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(220.9, 21.4%, 86.3%)
CMYK21.4%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,386,076
CSS custom property--colour: #ADBCDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50018WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11:1
Contrast with white1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#524323

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2BEDEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#AEBADBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Tritanopia#A1C2C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 4.5Thistle · ΔE 14.9Light blue · ΔE 16Light skyblue · ΔE 16.9Sky blue · ΔE 17.1Lavender · ΔE 17.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 4.53, a close match
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DCCDAD
Analogous#ADD4DC, #B6ADDC
Triadic#DCADBC, #BCDCAD
Split complementary#DCB6AD, #D4DCAD
Tetradic#DCADD4, #DCCDAD, #ADDCB5

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F4F6FB
Lighter +10%#D1D9EB
Darker −10%#899FCD
Darker −20%#6682BD
Darker −30%#4867A8
Darker −40%#395184
More saturated +25%#9EB7EB
Less saturated −25%#BCC1CD

Channel breakdown

R173
G188
B220
Red173 (67.8%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue220.85°
Saturation (HSL)40.17%
Lightness77.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G BC · B DC

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