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Recognised as Colour

#ADECEF

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

#ADECEF is a cyan with RGB values 173, 236, 239 and HSL 183°, 67%, 81%. 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

#ADECEF#ADECEF
HEX#ADECEF
RGBrgb(173, 236, 239)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.9255, 0.9373
RGB percentages67.8%, 92.5%, 93.7%
HSLhsl(182.7, 67.3%, 80.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.7, 27.6%, 93.7%)
CMYK27.6%, 1.3%, 0%, 6.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,398,383
CSS custom property--colour: #ADECEF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75107WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness219.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.02:1
Contrast with white1.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DFDFDF
Inverted#521310

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3E6EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7DDF0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original
Tritanopia#96F0EDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 1.7Powder blue · ΔE 5.9Light blue · ΔE 10.5Light cyan · ΔE 13.1Sky blue · ΔE 17.4Azure · ΔE 18.1
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 1.7, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EFB0AD
Analogous#ADEFD1, #ADCBEF
Triadic#EFADEC, #ECEFAD
Split complementary#EFADCB, #EFD1AD
Tetradic#D1ADEF, #EFB0AD, #CBEFAD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#D8F6F7
Darker −10%#82E2E7
Darker −20%#58D8DE
Darker −30%#2DCED6
Darker −40%#22A8AE
More saturated +25%#A1F7FB
Less saturated −25%#B9E1E3

Channel breakdown

R173
G236
B239
Red173 (67.8%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue239 (93.7%)
Hue182.73°
Saturation (HSL)67.35%
Lightness80.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G EC · B EF

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