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Recognised as Colour

#ADC8CB

  • #ADC8CB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#ADC8CB is a cyan with RGB values 173, 200, 203 and HSL 186°, 22%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#ADC8CB#ADC8CB
HEX#ADC8CB
RGBrgb(173, 200, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.7843, 0.7961
RGB percentages67.8%, 78.4%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(186, 22.4%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186, 14.8%, 79.6%)
CMYK14.8%, 1.5%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,389,131
CSS custom property--colour: #ADC8CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54505WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.9:1
Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#523734

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4C5CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BEC1CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Tritanopia#A4CAC9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 8.9Silver · ΔE 9.6Powder blue · ΔE 9.9Light grey · ΔE 11.2Light steelblue · ΔE 12.8Gainsboro · ΔE 13.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 8.92, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CBB0AD
Analogous#ADCBBF, #ADB9CB
Triadic#CBADC8, #C8CBAD
Split complementary#CBADB9, #CBBFAD
Tetradic#BFADCB, #CBB0AD, #B9CBAD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EBF2F3
Lighter +10%#CCDDDF
Darker −10%#8EB3B7
Darker −20%#6F9EA3
Darker −30%#578388
Darker −40%#436569
More saturated +25%#9CD5DC
Less saturated −25%#BCBCBC

Channel breakdown

R173
G200
B203
Red173 (67.8%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue186°
Saturation (HSL)22.39%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G C8 · B CB

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