Colour

#ADBFDE

#ADBFDE
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light steelblue

#ADBFDE is a blue with RGB values 173, 191, 222 and HSL 218°, 43%, 77%. 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

#ADBFDE#ADBFDE

HEX#ADBFDE

RGBrgb(173, 191, 222)

RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.749, 0.8706

RGB percentages67.8%, 74.9%, 87.1%

HSLhsl(218, 42.6%, 77.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(218, 22.1%, 87.1%)

CMYK22.1%, 14%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,386,846

CSS custom property--colour: #ADBFDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5142WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness189.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.28:1

Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD

Inverted#524021

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B5C0E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#B0BCDDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Tritanopia#A1C5C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 3.3 Light blue · ΔE 14.6 Thistle · ΔE 15.5 Sky blue · ΔE 15.9 Light skyblue · ΔE 16 Lavender · ΔE 17.1

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 3.28, a close match

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DECCAD

Analogous#ADD8DE, #B4ADDE

Triadic#DEADBF, #BFDEAD

Split complementary#DEB4AD, #D8DEAD

Tetradic#DEADD8, #DECCAD, #ADDEB4

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F6F8FB

Lighter +10%#D1DBED

Darker −10%#89A3CF

Darker −20%#6486C1

Darker −30%#456BAD

Darker −40%#375588

More saturated +25%#9FBBEC

Less saturated −25%#BBC3D0

Channel breakdown

R173

G191

B222

Red173 (67.8%)

Green191 (74.9%)

Blue222 (87.1%)

Hue217.96°

Saturation (HSL)42.61%

Lightness77.45%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AD · G BF · B DE

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Colour values

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