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Recognised as Colour

#ADE6FA

  • #ADE6FA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#ADE6FA is a cyan with RGB values 173, 230, 250 and HSL 196°, 89%, 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

#ADE6FA#ADE6FA
HEX#ADE6FA
RGBrgb(173, 230, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.902, 0.9804
RGB percentages67.8%, 90.2%, 98%
HSLhsl(195.6, 88.5%, 82.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.6, 30.8%, 98%)
CMYK30.8%, 8%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,396,858
CSS custom property--colour: #ADE6FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7238WCAG 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 15.48:1
Contrast with white1.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DBDBDB
Inverted#521905

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DAE3FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#CED9FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.6 from the original
Tritanopia#93EDECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.5 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 text15.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 6.5Powder blue · ΔE 7.8Sky blue · ΔE 10.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.2Light steelblue · ΔE 15.6Light skyblue · ΔE 15.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 6.48, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FAC1AD
Analogous#ADFAE7, #ADC0FA
Triadic#FAADE6, #E6FAAD
Split complementary#FAADC0, #FAE7AD
Tetradic#E7ADFA, #FAC1AD, #C0FAAD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#DDF5FD
Darker −10%#7DD7F7
Darker −20%#4DC9F4
Darker −30%#1DBAF1
Darker −40%#0D9CCE
More saturated +25%#A8E8FF
Less saturated −25%#B8E1EF

Channel breakdown

R173
G230
B250
Red173 (67.8%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue195.58°
Saturation (HSL)88.51%
Lightness82.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G E6 · B FA

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