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Colour

#ADBDE6

  • #ADBDE6
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#ADBDE6 is a blue with RGB values 173, 189, 230 and HSL 223°, 53%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#ADBDE6#ADBDE6
HEX#ADBDE6
RGBrgb(173, 189, 230)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.7412, 0.902
RGB percentages67.8%, 74.1%, 90.2%
HSLhsl(223.2, 53.3%, 79%)
HSV / HSBhsv(223.2, 24.8%, 90.2%)
CMYK24.8%, 17.8%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,386,342
CSS custom property--colour: #ADBDE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50993WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.2:1
Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#524219

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1C0E8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#ACBBE5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original
Tritanopia#9EC5CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 8.6Light skyblue · ΔE 15.8Thistle · ΔE 16.7Sky blue · ΔE 18.4Light blue · ΔE 19.3Lavender · ΔE 19.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.62, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6D6AD
Analogous#ADDAE6, #BAADE6
Triadic#E6ADBD, #BDE6AD
Split complementary#E6BAAD, #DAE6AD
Tetradic#E6ADDA, #E6D6AD, #ADE6BA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FBFCFE
Lighter +10%#D4DCF2
Darker −10%#869EDA
Darker −20%#5F7ECE
Darker −30%#3A60C0
Darker −40%#2E4C99
More saturated +25%#A0B7F3
Less saturated −25%#BAC3D9

Channel breakdown

R173
G189
B230
Red173 (67.8%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue230 (90.2%)
Hue223.16°
Saturation (HSL)53.27%
Lightness79.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G BD · B E6

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