Colour

#ADDAD7

#ADDAD7
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#ADDAD7 is a cyan with RGB values 173, 218, 215 and HSL 176°, 38%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#ADDAD7#ADDAD7

HEX#ADDAD7

RGBrgb(173, 218, 215)

RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.8549, 0.8431

RGB percentages67.8%, 85.5%, 84.3%

HSLhsl(176, 37.8%, 76.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(176, 20.6%, 85.5%)

CMYK20.6%, 0%, 1.4%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,393,751

CSS custom property--colour: #ADDAD7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63933WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness205.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.79:1

Contrast with white1.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#522528

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D5D5D7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#CCCFD8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.9 from the original

Tritanopia#A0DDD9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.52:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 5.3 Pale turquoise · ΔE 8.2 Light blue · ΔE 9.2 Light cyan · ΔE 14.9 Light grey · ΔE 15.5 Gainsboro · ΔE 16

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 5.27, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DAADB0

Analogous#ADDAC1, #ADC7DA

Triadic#D7ADDA, #DAD7AD

Split complementary#DAADC6, #DAC1AD

Tetradic#C1ADDA, #DAADB0, #C7DAAD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F3FAF9

Lighter +10%#D0EAE8

Darker −10%#8ACAC6

Darker −20%#67BAB5

Darker −30%#4AA49E

Darker −40%#3A817C

More saturated +25%#9EE9E4

Less saturated −25%#BCCBCA

Channel breakdown

R173

G218

B215

Red173 (67.8%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue215 (84.3%)

Hue176°

Saturation (HSL)37.82%

Lightness76.67%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR AD · G DA · B D7

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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