#adb8ea

Color #adb8ea

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 14.07 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#adb8ea

RGB

rgb(173, 184, 234)

HSL

hsl(229.2, 59.2%, 79.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(229.2, 26.1%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.1%, 21.4%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(75.52, 7.05, -26.16)

LCH

lch(75.52, 27.09, 285.08)

OKLCH

oklch(79.1%, 0.0722, 275.01)

HWB

hwb(229.2, 67.8%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eadfad

Analogous

#add6ea

#adb8ea

#c1adea

Triadic

#adb8ea

#eaadb8

#b8eaad

Split-complementary

#adb8ea

#eac1ad

#d6eaad

Tetradic

#adb8ea

#dfadea

#eadfad

#b8eaad

Square

#adb8ea

#eaadd6

#eadfad

#adeac1

Shades

Color #adb8ea mixed toward black.

#7789dc

#415ace

#2a3fa2

#1c2a6c

#0e1536

Tints

Color #adb8ea mixed toward white.

#bbc4ed

#c8d0f1

#d6dbf4

#e4e7f8

#f1f3fb

Tones

Color #adb8ea mixed toward gray.

#b2bbe5

#b7bee0

#bcc2db

#c1c5d6

#c6c8d1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.94:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.82:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b2b2df · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#b1b0dd · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#aed6d4 · ΔE 22.5

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 17.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #adb8ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#adb8ea]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#adb8ea (#adb8ea) is rgb(173, 184, 234) in RGB.

No, #adb8ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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