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Recognised as Colour

#ADDACD

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

#ADDACD is a cyan with RGB values 173, 218, 205 and HSL 163°, 38%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#ADDACD#ADDACD
HEX#ADDACD
RGBrgb(173, 218, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.8549, 0.8039
RGB percentages67.8%, 85.5%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(162.7, 37.8%, 76.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(162.7, 20.6%, 85.5%)
CMYK20.6%, 0%, 6%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,393,741
CSS custom property--colour: #ADDACD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63435WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness204 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.69:1
Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF
Inverted#522532

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7D4CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#CECECEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Tritanopia#A2DBD6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.4 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 text13.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 10.4Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.5Light blue · ΔE 14.5Light cyan · ΔE 16.7Light grey · ΔE 17.3Gainsboro · ΔE 17.8
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 10.39, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DAADBA
Analogous#ADDAB7, #ADD0DA
Triadic#CDADDA, #DACDAD
Split complementary#DAADD0, #DAB7AD
Tetradic#B7ADDA, #DAADBA, #D0DAAD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F3FAF8
Lighter +10%#D0EAE2
Darker −10%#8ACAB8
Darker −20%#67BAA2
Darker −30%#4AA48A
Darker −40%#3A816C
More saturated +25%#9EE9D3
Less saturated −25%#BCCBC7

Channel breakdown

R173
G218
B205
Red173 (67.8%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue162.67°
Saturation (HSL)37.82%
Lightness76.67%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AD · G DA · B CD

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