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Recognised as Colour

#ADE9EE

  • #ADE9EE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#ADE9EE is a cyan with RGB values 173, 233, 238 and HSL 185°, 66%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#ADE9EE#ADE9EE
HEX#ADE9EE
RGBrgb(173, 233, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.9137, 0.9333
RGB percentages67.8%, 91.4%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(184.6, 65.7%, 80.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.6, 27.3%, 93.3%)
CMYK27.3%, 2.1%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,397,614
CSS custom property--colour: #ADE9EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73335WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.67:1
Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD
Inverted#521611

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E0E4EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#D4DBEEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original
Tritanopia#97EEEAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 3.2Powder blue · ΔE 4.4Light blue · ΔE 8.8Light cyan · ΔE 13.2Sky blue · ΔE 16.1Azure · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 3.24, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEB2AD
Analogous#ADEED3, #ADC8EE
Triadic#EEADE9, #E9EEAD
Split complementary#EEADC8, #EED3AD
Tetradic#D3ADEE, #EEB2AD, #C8EEAD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D7F4F7
Darker −10%#83DEE5
Darker −20%#59D2DC
Darker −30%#2EC7D4
Darker −40%#24A1AB
More saturated +25%#A1F3FA
Less saturated −25%#B9DFE2

Channel breakdown

R173
G233
B238
Red173 (67.8%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue184.62°
Saturation (HSL)65.66%
Lightness80.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G E9 · B EE

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