#adafb9

Color #adafb9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light blue.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.96 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#adafb9

RGB

rgb(173, 175, 185)

HSL

hsl(230, 7.9%, 70.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(230, 6.5%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.5%, 5.4%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(71.59, 1.24, -5.34)

LCH

lch(71.59, 5.48, 283.07)

OKLCH

oklch(75.6%, 0.0144, 277.17)

HWB

hwb(230, 67.8%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b9b7ad

Analogous

#adb5b9

#adafb9

#b1adb9

Triadic

#adafb9

#b9adaf

#afb9ad

Split-complementary

#adafb9

#b9b1ad

#b5b9ad

Tetradic

#adafb9

#b7adb9

#b9b7ad

#afb9ad

Square

#adafb9

#b9adb5

#b9b7ad

#adb9b1

Shades

Color #adafb9 mixed toward black.

#8d909e

#6e7181

#525561

#373940

#1b1c20

Tints

Color #adafb9 mixed toward white.

#bbbcc5

#c8cad0

#d6d7dc

#e4e4e8

#f1f2f3

Tones

Color #adafb9 mixed toward gray.

#aeb0b8

#afb0b7

#b0b1b6

#b1b2b5

#b2b2b4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.61:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aeaeb7 · ΔE 1

Deuteranopia

#aeaeb6 · ΔE 1.2

Tritanopia

#adb5b4 · ΔE 7.2

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #adafb9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#adafb9]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#adafb9 (#adafb9) is rgb(173, 175, 185) in RGB.

No, #adafb9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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