Recognised as Colour

#ADC6EA

#ADC6EA
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light steelblue

#ADC6EA is a blue with RGB values 173, 198, 234 and HSL 215°, 59%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#ADC6EA#ADC6EA

HEX#ADC6EA

RGBrgb(173, 198, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.7765, 0.9176

RGB percentages67.8%, 77.6%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(215.4, 59.2%, 79.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(215.4, 26.1%, 91.8%)

CMYK26.1%, 15.4%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,388,650

CSS custom property--colour: #ADC6EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55213WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness195.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.04:1

Contrast with white1.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3

Inverted#523915

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BAC7ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#B3C1E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Tritanopia#9CCED2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.74:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 5.5 Light skyblue · ΔE 13 Sky blue · ΔE 14.3 Light blue · ΔE 14.6 Lavender · ΔE 17.3 Thistle · ΔE 17.9

Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 5.49, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EAD1AD

Analogous#ADE5EA, #B2ADEA

Triadic#EAADC6, #C6EAAD

Split complementary#EAB3AD, #E5EAAD

Tetradic#EAADE5, #EAD1AD, #ADEAB3

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FEFEFF

Lighter +10%#D6E2F4

Darker −10%#84AAE0

Darker −20%#5C8ED5

Darker −30%#3471CA

Darker −40%#295BA2

More saturated +25%#A0C4F7

Less saturated −25%#BAC8DD

Channel breakdown

R173

G198

B234

Red173 (67.8%)

Green198 (77.6%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue215.41°

Saturation (HSL)59.22%

Lightness79.8%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AD · G C6 · B EA

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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