Recognised as Colour

#ADEAFB

#ADEAFB
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#ADEAFB is a cyan with RGB values 173, 234, 251 and HSL 193°, 91%, 83%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#ADEAFB#ADEAFB

HEX#ADEAFB

RGBrgb(173, 234, 251)

RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.9176, 0.9843

RGB percentages67.8%, 91.8%, 98.4%

HSLhsl(193.1, 90.7%, 83.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(193.1, 31.1%, 98.4%)

CMYK31.1%, 6.8%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,397,883

CSS custom property--colour: #ADEAFB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74695WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness219.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.94:1

Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE

Inverted#521504

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DEE6FCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#D2DCFBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.2 from the original

Tritanopia#92F0EFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.2 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 text15.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 7.2 Light blue · ΔE 7.6 Pale turquoise · ΔE 9.2 Sky blue · ΔE 12.2 Light cyan · ΔE 15 Light skyblue · ΔE 17.6

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 7.22, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FBBEAD

Analogous#ADFBE5, #ADC3FB

Triadic#FBADEA, #EAFBAD

Split complementary#FBADC3, #FBE5AD

Tetradic#E5ADFB, #FBBEAD, #C3FBAD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#DEF6FD

Darker −10%#7CDEF9

Darker −20%#4CD1F6

Darker −30%#1BC5F4

Darker −40%#0AA6D2

More saturated +25%#A9ECFF

Less saturated −25%#B8E4F0

Channel breakdown

R173

G234

B251

Red173 (67.8%)

Green234 (91.8%)

Blue251 (98.4%)

Hue193.08°

Saturation (HSL)90.7%

Lightness83.14%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR AD · G EA · B FB

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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