Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#ADBEFD

  • #ADBEFD
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#ADBEFD is a blue with RGB values 173, 190, 253 and HSL 227°, 95%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#ADBEFD#ADBEFD
HEX#ADBEFD
RGBrgb(173, 190, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.7451, 0.9922
RGB percentages67.8%, 74.5%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(227.3, 95.2%, 83.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(227.3, 31.6%, 99.2%)
CMYK31.6%, 24.9%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,386,621
CSS custom property--colour: #ADBEFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52803WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.56:1
Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#524102

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AAC4FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4BDFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Tritanopia#97CAD4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 19.8Light steelblue · ΔE 20.2Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.8Thistle · ΔE 24.3Sky blue · ΔE 26Plum · ΔE 26.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 19.81, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FDECAD
Analogous#ADE6FD, #C4ADFD
Triadic#FDADBE, #BEFDAD
Split complementary#FDC4AD, #E6FDAD
Tetradic#FDADE6, #FDECAD, #ADFDC4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DFE5FE
Darker −10%#7B97FC
Darker −20%#496FFB
Darker −30%#1848F9
Darker −40%#0532D9
More saturated +25%#ABBDFF
Less saturated −25%#B8C4F3

Channel breakdown

R173
G190
B253
Red173 (67.8%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue227.25°
Saturation (HSL)95.24%
Lightness83.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G BE · B FD

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “adbefd” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.