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Recognised as Colour

#ADDECD

  • #ADDECD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#ADDECD is a cyan with RGB values 173, 222, 205 and HSL 159°, 43%, 77%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#ADDECD#ADDECD
HEX#ADDECD
RGBrgb(173, 222, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.8706, 0.8039
RGB percentages67.8%, 87.1%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(159.2, 42.6%, 77.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(159.2, 22.1%, 87.1%)
CMYK22.1%, 0%, 7.7%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,394,765
CSS custom property--colour: #ADDECD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65535WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness206.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.11:1
Contrast with white1.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2
Inverted#522132

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DBD7CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D2D1CEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Tritanopia#A2DFD9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.49:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.9Powder blue · ΔE 12.4Light blue · ΔE 16.9Light cyan · ΔE 17.3Honeydew · ΔE 18.2Light grey · ΔE 19.5
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 10.94, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DEADBE
Analogous#ADDEB4, #ADD7DE
Triadic#CDADDE, #DECDAD
Split complementary#DEADD7, #DEB4AD
Tetradic#B4ADDE, #DEADBE, #D7DEAD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6FBF9
Lighter +10%#D1EDE3
Darker −10%#89CFB7
Darker −20%#64C1A1
Darker −30%#45AD89
Darker −40%#37886C
More saturated +25%#9FECD1
Less saturated −25%#BBD0C9

Channel breakdown

R173
G222
B205
Red173 (67.8%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue159.18°
Saturation (HSL)42.61%
Lightness77.45%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AD · G DE · B CD

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