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Recognised as Colour

#ADC4CE

  • #ADC4CE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#ADC4CE is a cyan with RGB values 173, 196, 206 and HSL 198°, 25%, 74%. 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 steelblue.

Colour values

#ADC4CE#ADC4CE
HEX#ADC4CE
RGBrgb(173, 196, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.7686, 0.8078
RGB percentages67.8%, 76.9%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(198.2, 25.2%, 74.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.2, 16%, 80.8%)
CMYK16%, 4.9%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,388,110
CSS custom property--colour: #ADC4CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5282WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.6 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#C0C0C0
Inverted#523B31

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BFC3CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9BECEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Tritanopia#A4C7C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7 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 steelblue · ΔE 8.8Light blue · ΔE 8.9Silver · ΔE 9.5Light grey · ΔE 11.7Powder blue · ΔE 11.9Dark grey · ΔE 12.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 8.8, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CEB7AD
Analogous#ADCEC7, #ADB4CE
Triadic#CEADC4, #C4CEAD
Split complementary#CEADB4, #CEC7AD
Tetradic#C7ADCE, #CEB7AD, #B4CEAD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EDF2F4
Lighter +10%#CDDBE1
Darker −10%#8DADBB
Darker −20%#6D96A8
Darker −30%#557C8D
Darker −40%#41606E
More saturated +25%#9DCADE
Less saturated −25%#BDBEBE

Channel breakdown

R173
G196
B206
Red173 (67.8%)
Green196 (76.9%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue198.18°
Saturation (HSL)25.19%
Lightness74.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G C4 · B CE

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