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Recognised as Colour

#ADE6F9

  • #ADE6F9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#ADE6F9 is a cyan with RGB values 173, 230, 249 and HSL 195°, 86%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#ADE6F9#ADE6F9
HEX#ADE6F9
RGBrgb(173, 230, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.902, 0.9765
RGB percentages67.8%, 90.2%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(195, 86.4%, 82.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195, 30.5%, 97.6%)
CMYK30.5%, 7.6%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,396,857
CSS custom property--colour: #ADE6F9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72317WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.46:1
Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB
Inverted#521906

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DAE2FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16 from the original
Deuteranopia#CED9F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.6 from the original
Tritanopia#94EDECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.9 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 text15.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 6.3Powder blue · ΔE 7.3Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.7Sky blue · ΔE 10.9Light cyan · ΔE 15.7Light steelblue · ΔE 15.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 6.27, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F9C0AD
Analogous#ADF9E6, #ADC0F9
Triadic#F9ADE6, #E6F9AD
Split complementary#F9ADC0, #F9E6AD
Tetradic#E6ADF9, #F9C0AD, #C0F9AD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DDF4FC
Darker −10%#7DD8F6
Darker −20%#4EC9F2
Darker −30%#1EBBEF
Darker −40%#0F9CCB
More saturated +25%#A7E9FF
Less saturated −25%#B8E1EE

Channel breakdown

R173
G230
B249
Red173 (67.8%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue195°
Saturation (HSL)86.36%
Lightness82.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G E6 · B F9

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