#adb5dc

Color #adb5dc

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 9.53 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-200 #c6d2ff · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#adb5dc

RGB

rgb(173, 181, 220)

HSL

hsl(229.8, 40.2%, 77.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229.8, 21.4%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.4%, 17.7%, 0%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(74.25, 5.45, -20.49)

LCH

lch(74.25, 21.2, 284.89)

OKLCH

oklch(78%, 0.0563, 275.91)

HWB

hwb(229.8, 67.8%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dcd4ad

Analogous

#adcddc

#adb5dc

#bdaddc

Triadic

#adb5dc

#dcadb5

#b5dcad

Split-complementary

#adb5dc

#dcbdad

#cddcad

Tetradic

#adb5dc

#d4addc

#dcd4ad

#b5dcad

Square

#adb5dc

#dcadcd

#dcd4ad

#addcbd

Shades

Color #adb5dc mixed toward black.

#7f8cc8

#5162b5

#3b488a

#27305c

#14182e

Tints

Color #adb5dc mixed toward white.

#bbc1e2

#c8cee8

#d6daee

#e4e6f3

#f1f3f9

Tones

Color #adb5dc mixed toward gray.

#b1b8d8

#b5bad4

#b9bdd0

#bdbfcc

#c1c2c9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b1b1d3 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#b0afd1 · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#adcccb · ΔE 19.9

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 14.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #adb5dc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#adb5dc]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#adb5dc (#adb5dc) is rgb(173, 181, 220) in RGB.

No, #adb5dc is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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