Recognised as Colour

#ADBEDC

#ADBEDC
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light steelblue

#ADBEDC is a blue with RGB values 173, 190, 220 and HSL 218°, 40%, 77%. 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

#ADBEDC#ADBEDC

HEX#ADBEDC

RGBrgb(173, 190, 220)

RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.7451, 0.8627

RGB percentages67.8%, 74.5%, 86.3%

HSLhsl(218.3, 40.2%, 77.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(218.3, 21.4%, 86.3%)

CMYK21.4%, 13.6%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,386,588

CSS custom property--colour: #ADBEDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50878WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness188.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.18:1

Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD

Inverted#524123

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B4BFDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#B0BBDBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Tritanopia#A1C4C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.8 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 text11.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 3.1 Light blue · ΔE 14.6 Thistle · ΔE 15.2 Sky blue · ΔE 16.2 Light skyblue · ΔE 16.5 Silver · ΔE 17

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 3.13, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DCCBAD

Analogous#ADD6DC, #B4ADDC

Triadic#DCADBE, #BEDCAD

Split complementary#DCB4AD, #D5DCAD

Tetradic#DCADD5, #DCCBAD, #ADDCB4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F4F7FB

Lighter +10%#D1DAEB

Darker −10%#89A2CD

Darker −20%#6685BD

Darker −30%#486BA8

Darker −40%#395484

More saturated +25%#9EBAEB

Less saturated −25%#BCC2CD

Channel breakdown

R173

G190

B220

Red173 (67.8%)

Green190 (74.5%)

Blue220 (86.3%)

Hue218.3°

Saturation (HSL)40.17%

Lightness77.06%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AD · G BE · B DC

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Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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