Colour

#ADDAE6

#ADDAE6
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Light blue

#ADDAE6 is a cyan with RGB values 173, 218, 230 and HSL 193°, 53%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#ADDAE6#ADDAE6

HEX#ADDAE6

RGBrgb(173, 218, 230)

RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.8549, 0.902

RGB percentages67.8%, 85.5%, 90.2%

HSLhsl(192.6, 53.3%, 79%)

HSV / HSBhsv(192.6, 24.8%, 90.2%)

CMYK24.8%, 5.2%, 0%, 9.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,393,766

CSS custom property--colour: #ADDAE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6474WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness207.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.95:1

Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1

Inverted#522519

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D1D7E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#C8CFE6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.2 from the original

Tritanopia#9BDFDEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 1.4 Powder blue · ΔE 3.9 Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.5 Sky blue · ΔE 12.1 Light steelblue · ΔE 13 Light cyan · ΔE 15.5

Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 1.41, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E6B9AD

Analogous#ADE6D6, #ADBEE6

Triadic#E6ADDA, #DAE6AD

Split complementary#E6ADBD, #E6D6AD

Tetradic#D6ADE6, #E6B9AD, #BEE6AD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FBFDFE

Lighter +10%#D4ECF2

Darker −10%#86C8DA

Darker −20%#5FB7CE

Darker −30%#3AA4C0

Darker −40%#2E8299

More saturated +25%#A0E2F3

Less saturated −25%#BAD2D9

Channel breakdown

R173

G218

B230

Red173 (67.8%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue230 (90.2%)

Hue192.63°

Saturation (HSL)53.27%

Lightness79.02%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AD · G DA · B E6

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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