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Recognised as Colour

#ADE4F2

  • #ADE4F2
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#ADE4F2 is a cyan with RGB values 173, 228, 242 and HSL 192°, 73%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#ADE4F2#ADE4F2
HEX#ADE4F2
RGBrgb(173, 228, 242)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.8941, 0.949
RGB percentages67.8%, 89.4%, 94.9%
HSLhsl(192.2, 72.6%, 81.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.2, 28.5%, 94.9%)
CMYK28.5%, 5.8%, 0%, 5.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,396,338
CSS custom property--colour: #ADE4F2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70782WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.16:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#521B0D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DAE0F3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#CED7F2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.7 from the original
Tritanopia#96EAE8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 4.7Light blue · ΔE 5Pale turquoise · ΔE 8.5Sky blue · ΔE 12Light cyan · ΔE 14.6Light steelblue · ΔE 16
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 4.66, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F2BBAD
Analogous#ADF2DD, #ADC2F2
Triadic#F2ADE4, #E4F2AD
Split complementary#F2ADC2, #F2DDAD
Tetradic#DDADF2, #F2BBAD, #C2F2AD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D9F2F9
Darker −10%#81D6EB
Darker −20%#55C7E4
Darker −30%#29B9DD
Darker −40%#1D97B6
More saturated +25%#A1EBFE
Less saturated −25%#B9DDE6

Channel breakdown

R173
G228
B242
Red173 (67.8%)
Green228 (89.4%)
Blue242 (94.9%)
Hue192.17°
Saturation (HSL)72.63%
Lightness81.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G E4 · B F2

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