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Recognised as Colour

#ADE5EE

  • #ADE5EE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Powder blue

#ADE5EE is a cyan with RGB values 173, 229, 238 and HSL 188°, 66%, 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

#ADE5EE#ADE5EE
HEX#ADE5EE
RGBrgb(173, 229, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.898, 0.9333
RGB percentages67.8%, 89.8%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(188.3, 65.7%, 80.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.3, 27.3%, 93.3%)
CMYK27.3%, 3.8%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,396,590
CSS custom property--colour: #ADE5EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71096WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.22:1
Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DADADA
Inverted#521A11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DCE0EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0D8EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.4 from the original
Tritanopia#97EAE8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 3Pale turquoise · ΔE 6Light blue · ΔE 6.2Light cyan · ΔE 13.6Sky blue · ΔE 13.9Light steelblue · ΔE 17.8
Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 3.04, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEB6AD
Analogous#ADEED6, #ADC5EE
Triadic#EEADE5, #E5EEAD
Split complementary#EEADC5, #EED6AD
Tetradic#D6ADEE, #EEB6AD, #C5EEAD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D7F2F7
Darker −10%#83D8E5
Darker −20%#59CADC
Darker −30%#2EBDD4
Darker −40%#2499AB
More saturated +25%#A1EEFA
Less saturated −25%#B9DCE2

Channel breakdown

R173
G229
B238
Red173 (67.8%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue188.31°
Saturation (HSL)65.66%
Lightness80.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G E5 · B EE

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