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Colour

#ADD6F8

  • #ADD6F8
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#ADD6F8 is a blue with RGB values 173, 214, 248 and HSL 207°, 84%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#ADD6F8#ADD6F8
HEX#ADD6F8
RGBrgb(173, 214, 248)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.8392, 0.9725
RGB percentages67.8%, 83.9%, 97.3%
HSLhsl(207.2, 84.3%, 82.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(207.2, 30.2%, 97.3%)
CMYK30.2%, 13.7%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,392,760
CSS custom property--colour: #ADD6F8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63755WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness207 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.75:1
Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0
Inverted#522907

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C8D6FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFCDF7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.9 from the original
Tritanopia#96DEE1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 9Light skyblue · ΔE 10Sky blue · ΔE 10.2Light blue · ΔE 10.8Powder blue · ΔE 15.6Lavender · ΔE 16.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 9.05, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F8CFAD
Analogous#ADF8F5, #ADB0F8
Triadic#F8ADD6, #D6F8AD
Split complementary#F8ADB0, #F8F4AD
Tetradic#F5ADF8, #F8CFAD, #B1F8AD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DCEDFC
Darker −10%#7EBFF4
Darker −20%#4FA7F0
Darker −30%#2090EC
Darker −40%#1175C8
More saturated +25%#A6D7FF
Less saturated −25%#B8D5ED

Channel breakdown

R173
G214
B248
Red173 (67.8%)
Green214 (83.9%)
Blue248 (97.3%)
Hue207.2°
Saturation (HSL)84.27%
Lightness82.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G D6 · B F8

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