Recognised as Colour

#ADDBDF

#ADDBDF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#ADDBDF is a cyan with RGB values 173, 219, 223 and HSL 185°, 44%, 78%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#ADDBDF#ADDBDF

HEX#ADDBDF

RGBrgb(173, 219, 223)

RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.8588, 0.8745

RGB percentages67.8%, 85.9%, 87.5%

HSLhsl(184.8, 43.9%, 77.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(184.8, 22.4%, 87.5%)

CMYK22.4%, 1.8%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,394,015

CSS custom property--colour: #ADDBDF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64875WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness206.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.97:1

Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2

Inverted#522420

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D4D7DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#CBD0DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.2 from the original

Tritanopia#9DDFDCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 2.1 Light blue · ΔE 5.6 Pale turquoise · ΔE 8 Light cyan · ΔE 14.5 Sky blue · ΔE 15.3 Light grey · ΔE 15.6

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 2.06, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DFB1AD

Analogous#ADDFCA, #ADC2DF

Triadic#DFADDB, #DBDFAD

Split complementary#DFADC2, #DFCAAD

Tetradic#CAADDF, #DFB1AD, #C2DFAD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#F6FBFC

Lighter +10%#D2EBED

Darker −10%#88CBD1

Darker −20%#64BBC2

Darker −30%#44A6AF

Darker −40%#36838A

More saturated +25%#9FE7ED

Less saturated −25%#BBCFD1

Channel breakdown

R173

G219

B223

Red173 (67.8%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue223 (87.5%)

Hue184.8°

Saturation (HSL)43.86%

Lightness77.65%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AD · G DB · B DF

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Colour values

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