#ade4f8

Color #ade4f8

A vivid, highly saturated very light cyan.

Closest named color Light Blue #add8e6 · ΔE 5.78 Nearest Tailwind class sky-200 #b8e6fe · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#ade4f8

RGB

rgb(173, 228, 248)

HSL

hsl(196, 84.3%, 82.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(196, 30.2%, 97.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(30.2%, 8.1%, 0%, 2.7%)

LAB

lab(87.56, -12.93, -15.38)

LCH

lch(87.56, 20.09, 229.95)

OKLCH

oklch(88.8%, 0.0624, 222.27)

HWB

hwb(196, 67.8%, 2.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f8c1ad

Analogous

#adf8e6

#ade4f8

#adbef8

Triadic

#ade4f8

#f8ade4

#e4f8ad

Split-complementary

#ade4f8

#f8adbe

#f8e6ad

Tetradic

#ade4f8

#c1adf8

#f8c1ad

#e4f8ad

Square

#ade4f8

#e6adf8

#f8c1ad

#bef8ad

Shades

Color #ade4f8 mixed toward black.

#6ccff2

#2cb9ed

#1193c2

#0b6281

#063141

Tints

Color #ade4f8 mixed toward white.

#bae8f9

#c8edfa

#d6f1fb

#e4f6fd

#f1fafe

Tones

Color #ade4f8 mixed toward gray.

#b3e1f2

#b9deeb

#c0dbe5

#c6d8df

#ccd5d9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c7c8f3 · ΔE 19.9

Deuteranopia

#c4c0f2 · ΔE 21.2

Tritanopia

#b0f0ef · ΔE 9.2

Achromatopsia

#dbdbdb · ΔE 15.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #ade4f8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ade4f8]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#ade4f8 (#ade4f8) is rgb(173, 228, 248) in RGB.

No, #ade4f8 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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