#addce2

Color #addce2

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Powder Blue #b0e0e6 · ΔE 1.39 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-100 #cefafe · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#addce2

RGB

rgb(173, 220, 226)

HSL

hsl(186.8, 47.7%, 78.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.8, 23.5%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.5%, 2.7%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(84.77, -13.82, -7.93)

LCH

lch(84.77, 15.93, 209.85)

OKLCH

oklch(86.3%, 0.0494, 205.94)

HWB

hwb(186.8, 67.8%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2b3ad

Analogous

#ade2cd

#addce2

#adc1e2

Triadic

#addce2

#e2addc

#dce2ad

Split-complementary

#addce2

#e2adc1

#e2cdad

Tetradic

#addce2

#b3ade2

#e2b3ad

#dce2ad

Square

#addce2

#cdade2

#e2b3ad

#c1e2ad

Shades

Color #addce2 mixed toward black.

#7cc7d1

#4bb2bf

#348893

#235b62

#112d31

Tints

Color #addce2 mixed toward white.

#bbe2e7

#c8e8ec

#d6edf0

#e4f3f5

#f1f9fa

Tones

Color #addce2 mixed toward gray.

#b1d8de

#b6d5d9

#bad2d5

#bfced0

#c3cbcc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c3c4e1 · ΔE 20.5

Deuteranopia

#c0bde0 · ΔE 22.8

Tritanopia

#b0dfdf · ΔE 2.6

Achromatopsia

#d4d4d4 · ΔE 14.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #addce2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#addce2]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#addce2 (#addce2) is rgb(173, 220, 226) in RGB.

No, #addce2 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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