#aad9de

Color #aad9de

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Powder Blue #b0e0e6 · ΔE 2.51 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-100 #cefafe · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#aad9de

RGB

rgb(170, 217, 222)

HSL

hsl(185.8, 44.1%, 76.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.8, 23.4%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.4%, 2.3%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(83.68, -14.06, -7.45)

LCH

lch(83.68, 15.91, 207.92)

OKLCH

oklch(85.4%, 0.0493, 204.33)

HWB

hwb(185.8, 66.7%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#deafaa

Analogous

#aadec9

#aad9de

#aabfde

Triadic

#aad9de

#deaad9

#d9deaa

Split-complementary

#aad9de

#deaabf

#dec9aa

Tetradic

#aad9de

#afaade

#deafaa

#d9deaa

Square

#aad9de

#c9aade

#deafaa

#bfdeaa

Shades

Color #aad9de mixed toward black.

#7bc4cc

#4cafba

#37858d

#25595e

#122c2f

Tints

Color #aad9de mixed toward white.

#b8dfe4

#c6e6e9

#d5ecef

#e3f2f4

#f1f9fa

Tones

Color #aad9de mixed toward gray.

#aed6da

#b3d2d5

#b7cfd1

#bbcbcd

#c0c8c8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.69:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c0c1dd · ΔE 20.6

Deuteranopia

#bdbadd · ΔE 23

Tritanopia

#addcdc · ΔE 2.2

Achromatopsia

#d1d1d1 · ΔE 14.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #aad9de;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#aad9de]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#aad9de (#aad9de) is rgb(170, 217, 222) in RGB.

No, #aad9de is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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