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Colour

#ADE9FF

  • #ADE9FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light blue

#ADE9FF is a cyan with RGB values 173, 233, 255 and HSL 196°, 100%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#ADE9FF#ADE9FF
HEX#ADE9FF
RGBrgb(173, 233, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.9137, 1
RGB percentages67.8%, 91.4%, 100%
HSLhsl(196.1, 100%, 83.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.1, 32.2%, 100%)
CMYK32.2%, 8.6%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,397,631
CSS custom property--colour: #ADE9FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74382WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.88:1
Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#521600

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DCE6FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#CFDCFFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.7 from the original
Tritanopia#91F0F0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 8Powder blue · ΔE 9.2Sky blue · ΔE 10.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.9Light skyblue · ΔE 15.3Light cyan · ΔE 16.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 8.01, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFC3AD
Analogous#ADFFEC, #ADC0FF
Triadic#FFADE9, #E9FFAD
Split complementary#FFADC0, #FFECAD
Tetradic#ECADFF, #FFC3AD, #C0FFAD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#E0F7FF
Darker −10%#7ADBFF
Darker −20%#47CEFF
Darker −30%#14C0FF
Darker −40%#00A4E0
More saturated +25%#ADE9FF
Less saturated −25%#B7E4F5

Channel breakdown

R173
G233
B255
Red173 (67.8%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue196.1°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness83.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G E9 · B FF

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