Recognised as Colour

#ADCEDA

#ADCEDA
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Light blue

#ADCEDA is a cyan with RGB values 173, 206, 218 and HSL 196°, 38%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#ADCEDA#ADCEDA

HEX#ADCEDA

RGBrgb(173, 206, 218)

RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.8078, 0.8549

RGB percentages67.8%, 80.8%, 85.5%

HSLhsl(196, 37.8%, 76.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(196, 20.6%, 85.5%)

CMYK20.6%, 5.5%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,390,682

CSS custom property--colour: #ADCEDA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58089WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness198.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.62:1

Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#523125

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C7CCDBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 9.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#C0C6DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.3 from the original

Tritanopia#A0D2D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 4.4 Powder blue · ΔE 8 Light steelblue · ΔE 9.3 Silver · ΔE 13.1 Light grey · ΔE 13.3 Sky blue · ΔE 13.5

Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 4.37, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DAB9AD

Analogous#ADDAD0, #ADB8DA

Triadic#DAADCE, #CEDAAD

Split complementary#DAADB8, #DAD0AD

Tetradic#D0ADDA, #DAB9AD, #B8DAAD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F3F8FA

Lighter +10%#D0E3EA

Darker −10%#8AB9CA

Darker −20%#67A4BA

Darker −30%#4A8CA4

Darker −40%#3A6E81

More saturated +25%#9ED5E9

Less saturated −25%#BCC7CB

Channel breakdown

R173

G206

B218

Red173 (67.8%)

Green206 (80.8%)

Blue218 (85.5%)

Hue196°

Saturation (HSL)37.82%

Lightness76.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AD · G CE · B DA

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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