#abd9dd

Color #abd9dd

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Powder Blue #b0e0e6 · ΔE 2.68 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-100 #cefafe · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#abd9dd

RGB

rgb(171, 217, 221)

HSL

hsl(184.8, 42.4%, 76.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.8, 22.6%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.6%, 1.8%, 0%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(83.71, -13.98, -6.87)

LCH

lch(83.71, 15.58, 206.17)

OKLCH

oklch(85.4%, 0.0481, 202.89)

HWB

hwb(184.8, 67.1%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ddafab

Analogous

#abddc8

#abd9dd

#abc0dd

Triadic

#abd9dd

#ddabd9

#d9ddab

Split-complementary

#abd9dd

#ddabc0

#ddc8ab

Tetradic

#abd9dd

#afabdd

#ddafab

#d9ddab

Square

#abd9dd

#c8abdd

#ddafab

#c0ddab

Shades

Color #abd9dd mixed toward black.

#7dc4ca

#4eafb7

#38858c

#26595d

#132c2f

Tints

Color #abd9dd mixed toward white.

#b9dfe3

#c7e6e8

#d5ecee

#e3f2f4

#f1f9f9

Tones

Color #abd9dd mixed toward gray.

#afd6d9

#b3d2d5

#b8cfd1

#bccbcc

#c0c8c8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c1c1dc · ΔE 20.8

Deuteranopia

#bebadc · ΔE 23.3

Tritanopia

#aedbdb · ΔE 1.7

Achromatopsia

#d1d1d1 · ΔE 14.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #abd9dd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#abd9dd]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#abd9dd (#abd9dd) is rgb(171, 217, 221) in RGB.

No, #abd9dd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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