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Recognised as Colour

#ADBDEB

  • #ADBDEB
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#ADBDEB is a blue with RGB values 173, 189, 235 and HSL 225°, 61%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#ADBDEB#ADBDEB
HEX#ADBDEB
RGBrgb(173, 189, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.7412, 0.9216
RGB percentages67.8%, 74.1%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(224.5, 60.8%, 80%)
HSV / HSBhsv(224.5, 26.4%, 92.2%)
CMYK26.4%, 19.6%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,386,347
CSS custom property--colour: #ADBDEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51278WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.26:1
Contrast with white1.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#524214

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFC1EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#AABBEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Tritanopia#9DC6CCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24 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 text11.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 11.2Light skyblue · ΔE 16.1Thistle · ΔE 18Sky blue · ΔE 19.8Lavender · ΔE 21.2Light blue · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 11.23, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBDBAD
Analogous#ADDCEB, #BCADEB
Triadic#EBADBD, #BDEBAD
Split complementary#EBBCAD, #DCEBAD
Tetradic#EBADDC, #EBDBAD, #ADEBBC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D6DEF5
Darker −10%#849CE1
Darker −20%#5B7BD7
Darker −30%#325ACD
Darker −40%#2848A4
More saturated +25%#A0B7F8
Less saturated −25%#BAC3DE

Channel breakdown

R173
G189
B235
Red173 (67.8%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue224.52°
Saturation (HSL)60.78%
Lightness80%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G BD · B EB

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