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Colour

#ADE5FF

  • #ADE5FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#ADE5FF is a cyan with RGB values 173, 229, 255 and HSL 199°, 100%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#ADE5FF#ADE5FF
HEX#ADE5FF
RGBrgb(173, 229, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.898, 1
RGB percentages67.8%, 89.8%, 100%
HSLhsl(199, 100%, 83.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199, 32.2%, 100%)
CMYK32.2%, 10.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,396,607
CSS custom property--colour: #ADE5FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72143WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.43:1
Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB
Inverted#521A00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8E2FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#CBD9FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15 from the original
Tritanopia#92EDEDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 8.1Sky blue · ΔE 9.8Powder blue · ΔE 10.7Light skyblue · ΔE 13.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.4Light steelblue · ΔE 14.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 8.1, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFC7AD
Analogous#ADFFF0, #ADBCFF
Triadic#FFADE5, #E5FFAD
Split complementary#FFADBC, #FFF0AD
Tetradic#F0ADFF, #FFC7AD, #BCFFAD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E0F5FF
Darker −10%#7AD5FF
Darker −20%#47C5FF
Darker −30%#14B4FF
Darker −40%#0099E0
More saturated +25%#ADE5FF
Less saturated −25%#B7E1F5

Channel breakdown

R173
G229
B255
Red173 (67.8%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue199.02°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness83.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G E5 · B FF

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