#adbdea

Color #adbdea

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 10.71 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#adbdea

RGB

rgb(173, 189, 234)

HSL

hsl(224.3, 59.2%, 79.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(224.3, 26.1%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.1%, 19.2%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(76.81, 4.33, -24.18)

LCH

lch(76.81, 24.56, 280.15)

OKLCH

oklch(80.2%, 0.0664, 269.57)

HWB

hwb(224.3, 67.8%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eadaad

Analogous

#addbea

#adbdea

#bcadea

Triadic

#adbdea

#eaadbd

#bdeaad

Split-complementary

#adbdea

#eabcad

#dbeaad

Tetradic

#adbdea

#daadea

#eadaad

#bdeaad

Square

#adbdea

#eaaddb

#eadaad

#adeabc

Shades

Color #adbdea mixed toward black.

#7791dc

#4166ce

#2a49a2

#1c316c

#0e1836

Tints

Color #adbdea mixed toward white.

#bbc8ed

#c8d3f1

#d6def4

#e4e9f8

#f1f4fb

Tones

Color #adbdea mixed toward gray.

#b2bfe5

#b7c2e0

#bcc4db

#c1c7d6

#c6c9d1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b4b4e0 · ΔE 5.5

Deuteranopia

#b3b2de · ΔE 6

Tritanopia

#aed8d6 · ΔE 21.1

Achromatopsia

#bebebe · ΔE 16

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Code

CSS

background-color: #adbdea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#adbdea]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#adbdea (#adbdea) is rgb(173, 189, 234) in RGB.

No, #adbdea 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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