#adaee6

Color #adaee6

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 19.12 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#adaee6

RGB

rgb(173, 174, 230)

HSL

hsl(238.9, 53.3%, 79%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(238.9, 24.8%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.8%, 24.3%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(72.81, 11.62, -28.14)

LCH

lch(72.81, 30.44, 292.44)

OKLCH

oklch(77%, 0.0797, 283.57)

HWB

hwb(238.9, 67.8%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6e5ad

Analogous

#adcae6

#adaee6

#c8ade6

Triadic

#adaee6

#e6adae

#aee6ad

Split-complementary

#adaee6

#e6c8ad

#cae6ad

Tetradic

#adaee6

#e5ade6

#e6e5ad

#aee6ad

Square

#adaee6

#e6adca

#e6e5ad

#ade6c8

Shades

Color #adaee6 mixed toward black.

#797bd6

#4648c7

#2f319a

#1f2167

#101033

Tints

Color #adaee6 mixed toward white.

#bbbbea

#c8c9ee

#d6d6f2

#e4e4f7

#f1f1fb

Tones

Color #adaee6 mixed toward gray.

#b2b3e1

#b6b7dc

#bbbcd8

#c0c0d3

#c5c5ce

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.97:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adadda · ΔE 2.7

Deuteranopia

#adadd7 · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#add0ce · ΔE 24.1

Achromatopsia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 18.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #adaee6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#adaee6]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#adaee6 (#adaee6) is rgb(173, 174, 230) in RGB.

No, #adaee6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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