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Recognised as Colour

#ADE5E0

  • #ADE5E0
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#ADE5E0 is a cyan with RGB values 173, 229, 224 and HSL 175°, 52%, 79%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#ADE5E0#ADE5E0
HEX#ADE5E0
RGBrgb(173, 229, 224)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.898, 0.8784
RGB percentages67.8%, 89.8%, 87.8%
HSLhsl(174.6, 51.9%, 78.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174.6, 24.5%, 89.8%)
CMYK24.5%, 0%, 2.2%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,396,576
CSS custom property--colour: #ADE5E0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70305WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness213.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.06:1
Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D9D9D9
Inverted#521A1F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DFDFE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#D4D7E1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Tritanopia#9CE8E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.9 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 text15.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 4.3Powder blue · ΔE 6.7Light blue · ΔE 11.8Light cyan · ΔE 13.9Honeydew · ΔE 18.3Azure · ΔE 18.3
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 4.29, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5ADB2
Analogous#ADE5C4, #ADCEE5
Triadic#E0ADE5, #E5E0AD
Split complementary#E5ADCE, #E5C4AD
Tetradic#C4ADE5, #E5ADB2, #CEE5AD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FAFEFD
Lighter +10%#D4F1EF
Darker −10%#86D9D1
Darker −20%#60CCC3
Darker −30%#3CBDB2
Darker −40%#30968D
More saturated +25%#A0F3EB
Less saturated −25%#BBD8D5

Channel breakdown

R173
G229
B224
Red173 (67.8%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue224 (87.8%)
Hue174.64°
Saturation (HSL)51.85%
Lightness78.82%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AD · G E5 · B E0

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