#adafd9

Color #adafd9

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 12.63 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#adafd9

RGB

rgb(173, 175, 217)

HSL

hsl(237.3, 36.7%, 76.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(237.3, 20.3%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.3%, 19.4%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(72.6, 8.06, -21.37)

LCH

lch(72.6, 22.84, 290.66)

OKLCH

oklch(76.7%, 0.0599, 282.74)

HWB

hwb(237.3, 67.8%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d9d7ad

Analogous

#adc5d9

#adafd9

#c1add9

Triadic

#adafd9

#d9adaf

#afd9ad

Split-complementary

#adafd9

#d9c1ad

#c5d9ad

Tetradic

#adafd9

#d7add9

#d9d7ad

#afd9ad

Square

#adafd9

#d9adc5

#d9d7ad

#add9c1

Shades

Color #adafd9 mixed toward black.

#8184c4

#5458b0

#3e4185

#292b59

#15162c

Tints

Color #adafd9 mixed toward white.

#bbbcdf

#c8cae6

#d6d7ec

#e4e4f2

#f1f2f9

Tones

Color #adafd9 mixed toward gray.

#b1b2d5

#b4b6d2

#b8b9ce

#bcbcca

#bfc0c7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.91:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aeaed0 · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#aeaece · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#adc8c6 · ΔE 21.4

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 15.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #adafd9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#adafd9]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#adafd9 (#adafd9) is rgb(173, 175, 217) in RGB.

No, #adafd9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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