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Recognised as Colour

#ADC9CB

  • #ADC9CB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#ADC9CB is a cyan with RGB values 173, 201, 203 and HSL 184°, 22%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#ADC9CB#ADC9CB
HEX#ADC9CB
RGBrgb(173, 201, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.7882, 0.7961
RGB percentages67.8%, 78.8%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(184, 22.4%, 73.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184, 14.8%, 79.6%)
CMYK14.8%, 1%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,389,387
CSS custom property--colour: #ADC9CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54969WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.99:1
Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#523634

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C5C6CBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFC2CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A4CBC9no 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 text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 9Powder blue · ΔE 9.6Silver · ΔE 10Light grey · ΔE 11.3Gainsboro · ΔE 13.2Light steelblue · ΔE 13.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 8.96, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CBAFAD
Analogous#ADCBBE, #ADBACB
Triadic#CBADC9, #C9CBAD
Split complementary#CBADBA, #CBBEAD
Tetradic#BEADCB, #CBAFAD, #BACBAD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EBF2F3
Lighter +10%#CCDEDF
Darker −10%#8EB4B7
Darker −20%#6FA0A3
Darker −30%#578588
Darker −40%#436769
More saturated +25%#9CD8DC
Less saturated −25%#BCBCBC

Channel breakdown

R173
G201
B203
Red173 (67.8%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue184°
Saturation (HSL)22.39%
Lightness73.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G C9 · B CB

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