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Recognised as Colour

#ADEAE0

  • #ADEAE0
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#ADEAE0 is a cyan with RGB values 173, 234, 224 and HSL 170°, 59%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#ADEAE0#ADEAE0
HEX#ADEAE0
RGBrgb(173, 234, 224)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.9176, 0.8784
RGB percentages67.8%, 91.8%, 87.8%
HSLhsl(170.2, 59.2%, 79.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.2, 26.1%, 91.8%)
CMYK26.1%, 0%, 4.3%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,397,856
CSS custom property--colour: #ADEAE0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73112WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness216.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.62:1
Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DCDCDC
Inverted#52151F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4E3E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#D9DBE1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.8 from the original
Tritanopia#9BEDE7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.1 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 text15.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 5.5Powder blue · ΔE 10Light cyan · ΔE 14.8Light blue · ΔE 15.2Honeydew · ΔE 18.3Azure · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 5.5, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAADB7
Analogous#ADEAC2, #ADD6EA
Triadic#E0ADEA, #EAE0AD
Split complementary#EAADD5, #EAC2AD
Tetradic#C2ADEA, #EAADB7, #D6EAAD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFFFF
Lighter +10%#D6F4EF
Darker −10%#84E0D1
Darker −20%#5CD5C1
Darker −30%#34CAB2
Darker −40%#29A28E
More saturated +25%#A0F7E9
Less saturated −25%#BADDD7

Channel breakdown

R173
G234
B224
Red173 (67.8%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue224 (87.8%)
Hue170.16°
Saturation (HSL)59.22%
Lightness79.8%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AD · G EA · B E0

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