#b9dad8

Color #b9dad8

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Powder Blue #b0e0e6 · ΔE 6.23 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-100 #cefafe · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#b9dad8

RGB

rgb(185, 218, 216)

HSL

hsl(176.4, 30.8%, 79%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(176.4, 15.1%, 85.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.1%, 0%, 0.9%, 14.5%)

LAB

lab(84.7, -11.23, -2.66)

LCH

lch(84.7, 11.54, 193.33)

OKLCH

oklch(86.4%, 0.035, 192.05)

HWB

hwb(176.4, 72.5%, 14.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dab9bb

Analogous

#b9dac7

#b9dad8

#b9cbda

Triadic

#b9dad8

#d8b9da

#dad8b9

Split-complementary

#b9dad8

#dab9cb

#dac7b9

Tetradic

#b9dad8

#b9bbda

#dab9bb

#dad8b9

Square

#b9dad8

#c7b9da

#dab9bb

#cbdab9

Shades

Color #b9dad8 mixed toward black.

#8dc3bf

#61aba7

#468480

#2e5855

#172c2b

Tints

Color #b9dad8 mixed toward white.

#c5e0de

#d0e6e5

#dceceb

#e8f3f2

#f3f9f8

Tones

Color #b9dad8 mixed toward gray.

#bcd7d6

#bed4d3

#c1d2d1

#c4cfce

#c7cccc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c8c8d8 · ΔE 16.8

Deuteranopia

#c6c4d9 · ΔE 19

Tritanopia

#bbd9d9 · ΔE 1.4

Achromatopsia

#d3d3d3 · ΔE 12.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b9dad8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b9dad8]

Related colors

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Turquoise #40e0d0

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#b9dad8 (#b9dad8) is rgb(185, 218, 216) in RGB.

No, #b9dad8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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