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Recognised as Colour

#ADD6EA

  • #ADD6EA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#ADD6EA is a cyan with RGB values 173, 214, 234 and HSL 200°, 59%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#ADD6EA#ADD6EA
HEX#ADD6EA
RGBrgb(173, 214, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.8392, 0.9176
RGB percentages67.8%, 83.9%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(199.7, 59.2%, 79.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.7, 26.1%, 91.8%)
CMYK26.1%, 8.5%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,392,746
CSS custom property--colour: #ADD6EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62918WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness205.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.58:1
Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF
Inverted#522915

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CCD4EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3CDEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.5 from the original
Tritanopia#9BDCDCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 3.4Powder blue · ΔE 8.5Light steelblue · ΔE 9.2Sky blue · ΔE 10.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.8Light skyblue · ΔE 14.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 3.38, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAC1AD
Analogous#ADEAE0, #ADB7EA
Triadic#EAADD6, #D6EAAD
Split complementary#EAADB7, #EAE0AD
Tetradic#E0ADEA, #EAC1AD, #B8EAAD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFFFF
Lighter +10%#D6EAF4
Darker −10%#84C2E0
Darker −20%#5CADD5
Darker −30%#3499CA
Darker −40%#297AA2
More saturated +25%#A0DAF7
Less saturated −25%#BAD2DD

Channel breakdown

R173
G214
B234
Red173 (67.8%)
Green214 (83.9%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue199.67°
Saturation (HSL)59.22%
Lightness79.8%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G D6 · B EA

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