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Recognised as Colour

#ADC3CA

  • #ADC3CA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Silver

#ADC3CA is a cyan with RGB values 173, 195, 202 and HSL 194°, 21%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.

Colour values

#ADC3CA#ADC3CA
HEX#ADC3CA
RGBrgb(173, 195, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.7647, 0.7922
RGB percentages67.8%, 76.5%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(194.5, 21.5%, 73.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.5, 14.4%, 79.2%)
CMYK14.4%, 3.5%, 0%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,387,850
CSS custom property--colour: #ADC3CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52179WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.44:1
Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#523C35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BEC1CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#BABECAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Tritanopia#A5C6C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Silver · ΔE 8.5Light blue · ΔE 9.7Light steelblue · ΔE 10.4Light grey · ΔE 11.1Dark grey · ΔE 11.8Powder blue · ΔE 12.1
Nearest named CSS colourSilver (#C0C0C0)ΔE 8.52, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CAB4AD
Analogous#ADCAC3, #ADB5CA
Triadic#CAADC3, #C3CAAD
Split complementary#CAADB5, #CAC3AD
Tetradic#C3ADCA, #CAB4AD, #B5CAAD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EBF0F2
Lighter +10%#CCDADE
Darker −10%#8EACB6
Darker −20%#6F96A2
Darker −30%#577B87
Darker −40%#435F68
More saturated +25%#9CCCDB
Less saturated −25%#BCBCBC

Channel breakdown

R173
G195
B202
Red173 (67.8%)
Green195 (76.5%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue194.48°
Saturation (HSL)21.48%
Lightness73.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G C3 · B CA

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