Recognised as Colour

#ADECEA

#ADECEA
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Pale turquoise

#ADECEA is a cyan with RGB values 173, 236, 234 and HSL 178°, 62%, 80%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#ADECEA#ADECEA

HEX#ADECEA

RGBrgb(173, 236, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.9255, 0.9176

RGB percentages67.8%, 92.5%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(178.1, 62.4%, 80.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(178.1, 26.7%, 92.5%)

CMYK26.7%, 0%, 0.8%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer11,398,378

CSS custom property--colour: #ADECEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74816WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness218.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.96:1

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

Contrast with black15.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE

Inverted#521315

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E4E6EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#D8DDEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.2 from the original

Tritanopia#98F0EBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.4 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 text15.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 1.3 Powder blue · ΔE 7.3 Light blue · ΔE 12.3 Light cyan · ΔE 13.4 Azure · ΔE 18.4 Honeydew · ΔE 19

Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 1.31, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ECADAF

Analogous#ADECCB, #ADCFEC

Triadic#EAADEC, #ECEAAD

Split complementary#ECADCF, #ECCBAD

Tetradic#CAADEC, #ECADAF, #CFECAD

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#D6F6F5

Darker −10%#84E2DF

Darker −20%#5AD9D5

Darker −30%#31CFCA

Darker −40%#27A6A2

More saturated +25%#A0F9F6

Less saturated −25%#BADFDE

Channel breakdown

R173

G236

B234

Red173 (67.8%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue178.1°

Saturation (HSL)62.38%

Lightness80.2%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR AD · G EC · B EA

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

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