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Recognised as Colour

#ADEAEA

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

#ADEAEA is a cyan with RGB values 173, 234, 234 and HSL 180°, 59%, 80%. 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

#ADEAEA#ADEAEA
HEX#ADEAEA
RGBrgb(173, 234, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.9176, 0.9176
RGB percentages67.8%, 91.8%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(180, 59.2%, 79.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180, 26.1%, 91.8%)
CMYK26.1%, 0%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,397,866
CSS custom property--colour: #ADEAEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.7367WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.73:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD
Inverted#521515

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2E4EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6DBEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.6 from the original
Tritanopia#98EEEAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 1.4Powder blue · ΔE 5.9Light blue · ΔE 10.9Light cyan · ΔE 13.2Azure · ΔE 18.1Sky blue · ΔE 18.3
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 1.41, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EAADAD
Analogous#ADEACC, #ADCCEA
Triadic#EAADEA, #EAEAAD
Split complementary#EAADCC, #EACCAD
Tetradic#CCADEA, #EAADAD, #CCEAAD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FEFFFF
Lighter +10%#D6F4F4
Darker −10%#84E0E0
Darker −20%#5CD5D5
Darker −30%#34CACA
Darker −40%#29A2A2
More saturated +25%#A0F7F7
Less saturated −25%#BADDDD

Channel breakdown

R173
G234
B234
Red173 (67.8%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue180°
Saturation (HSL)59.22%
Lightness79.8%
Dominant channelGreen and Blue
Hex per channelR AD · G EA · B EA

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