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Recognised as Colour

#ADCEEC

  • #ADCEEC
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#ADCEEC is a blue with RGB values 173, 206, 236 and HSL 209°, 62%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#ADCEEC#ADCEEC
HEX#ADCEEC
RGBrgb(173, 206, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.8078, 0.9255
RGB percentages67.8%, 80.8%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(208.6, 62.4%, 80.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208.6, 26.7%, 92.5%)
CMYK26.7%, 12.7%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,390,700
CSS custom property--colour: #ADCEEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59083WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.82:1
Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#523113

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C2CEEEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 7 from the original
Deuteranopia#BAC7EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Tritanopia#9BD5D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 5.3Light blue · ΔE 9.9Sky blue · ΔE 11.1Light skyblue · ΔE 12.1Powder blue · ΔE 15Lavender · ΔE 15.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 5.25, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ECCBAD
Analogous#ADECEB, #ADAFEC
Triadic#ECADCE, #CEECAD
Split complementary#ECADAF, #ECEBAD
Tetradic#EBADEC, #ECCBAD, #AFECAD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D6E7F6
Darker −10%#84B5E2
Darker −20%#5A9DD9
Darker −30%#3184CF
Darker −40%#276AA6
More saturated +25%#A0CFF9
Less saturated −25%#BACDDF

Channel breakdown

R173
G206
B236
Red173 (67.8%)
Green206 (80.8%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue208.57°
Saturation (HSL)62.38%
Lightness80.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G CE · B EC

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