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Recognised as Colour

#ADEAEB

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

#ADEAEB is a cyan with RGB values 173, 234, 235 and HSL 181°, 61%, 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

#ADEAEB#ADEAEB
HEX#ADEAEB
RGBrgb(173, 234, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.9176, 0.9216
RGB percentages67.8%, 91.8%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(181, 60.8%, 80%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181, 26.4%, 92.2%)
CMYK26.4%, 0.4%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,397,867
CSS custom property--colour: #ADEAEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73728WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness217.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.75:1
Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DDDDDD
Inverted#521514

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E2E4EBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#D6DBECno 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 7.9 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 text15.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 1.5Powder blue · ΔE 5.6Light blue · ΔE 10.6Light cyan · ΔE 13.2Sky blue · ΔE 17.9Azure · ΔE 18
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 1.51, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBAEAD
Analogous#ADEBCD, #ADCBEB
Triadic#EBADEA, #EAEBAD
Split complementary#EBADCB, #EBCDAD
Tetradic#CDADEB, #EBAEAD, #CBEBAD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D6F4F5
Darker −10%#84DFE1
Darker −20%#5BD5D7
Darker −30%#32CACD
Darker −40%#28A2A4
More saturated +25%#A0F6F8
Less saturated −25%#BADEDE

Channel breakdown

R173
G234
B235
Red173 (67.8%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue180.97°
Saturation (HSL)60.78%
Lightness80%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G EA · B EB

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