#ade2e6

Color #ade2e6

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Powder Blue #b0e0e6 · ΔE 2 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-200 #a2f4fd · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#ade2e6

RGB

rgb(173, 226, 230)

HSL

hsl(184.2, 53.3%, 79%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.2, 24.8%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.8%, 1.7%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(86.5, -15.98, -7.48)

LCH

lch(86.5, 17.64, 205.08)

OKLCH

oklch(87.8%, 0.0546, 201.96)

HWB

hwb(184.2, 67.8%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6b1ad

Analogous

#ade6cd

#ade2e6

#adc5e6

Triadic

#ade2e6

#e6ade2

#e2e6ad

Split-complementary

#ade2e6

#e6adc5

#e6cdad

Tetradic

#ade2e6

#b1ade6

#e6b1ad

#e2e6ad

Square

#ade2e6

#cdade6

#e6b1ad

#c5e6ad

Shades

Color #ade2e6 mixed toward black.

#79d0d6

#46bec7

#2f939a

#1f6267

#103133

Tints

Color #ade2e6 mixed toward white.

#bbe7ea

#c8ecee

#d6f0f2

#e4f5f7

#f1fafb

Tones

Color #ade2e6 mixed toward gray.

#b2dee1

#b6dadc

#bbd6d8

#c0d2d3

#c5cece

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c6c7e5 · ΔE 22

Deuteranopia

#c3bfe5 · ΔE 24.6

Tritanopia

#b0e4e4 · ΔE 1.7

Achromatopsia

#d8d8d8 · ΔE 16

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ade2e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ade2e6]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#ade2e6 (#ade2e6) is rgb(173, 226, 230) in RGB.

No, #ade2e6 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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