#ade2dd

Color #ade2dd

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Pale Turquoise #afeeee · ΔE 5.32 Nearest Tailwind class teal-100 #cbfbf1 · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#ade2dd

RGB

rgb(173, 226, 221)

HSL

hsl(174.3, 47.7%, 78.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(174.3, 23.5%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.5%, 0%, 2.2%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(86.25, -17.93, -3.1)

LCH

lch(86.25, 18.2, 189.81)

OKLCH

oklch(87.5%, 0.0548, 189.03)

HWB

hwb(174.3, 67.8%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2adb2

Analogous

#ade2c2

#ade2dd

#adcce2

Triadic

#ade2dd

#ddade2

#e2ddad

Split-complementary

#ade2dd

#e2adcc

#e2c2ad

Tetradic

#ade2dd

#adb2e2

#e2adb2

#e2ddad

Square

#ade2dd

#c2ade2

#e2adb2

#cce2ad

Shades

Color #ade2dd mixed toward black.

#7cd1c8

#4bbfb4

#34938a

#23625c

#11312e

Tints

Color #ade2dd mixed toward white.

#bbe7e3

#c8ece8

#d6f0ee

#e4f5f4

#f1faf9

Tones

Color #ade2dd mixed toward gray.

#b1ded9

#b6d9d6

#bad5d2

#bfd0cf

#c3cccb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c6c7de · ΔE 22.4

Deuteranopia

#c3bfdf · ΔE 25.8

Tritanopia

#b0dfdf · ΔE 2.6

Achromatopsia

#d8d8d8 · ΔE 16.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ade2dd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ade2dd]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#ade2dd (#ade2dd) is rgb(173, 226, 221) in RGB.

No, #ade2dd 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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