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Recognised as Colour

#ADCEC8

  • #ADCEC8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#ADCEC8 is a cyan with RGB values 173, 206, 200 and HSL 169°, 25%, 74%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#ADCEC8#ADCEC8
HEX#ADCEC8
RGBrgb(173, 206, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.8078, 0.7843
RGB percentages67.8%, 80.8%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(169.1, 25.2%, 74.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169.1, 16%, 80.8%)
CMYK16%, 0%, 2.9%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,390,664
CSS custom property--colour: #ADCEC8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57197WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.44:1
Contrast with white1.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#523137

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CBCAC8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#C4C5C9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Tritanopia#A5CFCCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.69:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 9.6Light blue · ΔE 11.4Silver · ΔE 12.4Light grey · ΔE 12.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.6Gainsboro · ΔE 14.3
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 9.57, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CEADB3
Analogous#ADCEB8, #ADC4CE
Triadic#C8ADCE, #CEC8AD
Split complementary#CEADC4, #CEB8AD
Tetradic#B7ADCE, #CEADB3, #C4CEAD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EDF4F3
Lighter +10%#CDE1DD
Darker −10%#8DBBB3
Darker −20%#6DA89D
Darker −30%#558D83
Darker −40%#416E66
More saturated +25%#9DDED2
Less saturated −25%#BDBEBE

Channel breakdown

R173
G206
B200
Red173 (67.8%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue169.09°
Saturation (HSL)25.19%
Lightness74.31%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AD · G CE · B C8

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