#adafc8

Color #adafc8

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 8.82 Nearest Tailwind class gray-400 #99a1af · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#adafc8

RGB

rgb(173, 175, 200)

HSL

hsl(235.6, 19.7%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(235.6, 13.5%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.5%, 12.5%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(72.04, 4.33, -12.91)

LCH

lch(72.04, 13.62, 288.54)

OKLCH

oklch(76.1%, 0.0357, 281.81)

HWB

hwb(235.6, 67.8%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c8c6ad

Analogous

#adbcc8

#adafc8

#b8adc8

Triadic

#adafc8

#c8adaf

#afc8ad

Split-complementary

#adafc8

#c8b8ad

#bcc8ad

Tetradic

#adafc8

#c6adc8

#c8c6ad

#afc8ad

Square

#adafc8

#c8adbc

#c8c6ad

#adc8b8

Shades

Color #adafc8 mixed toward black.

#888baf

#646795

#4b4e70

#32344a

#191a25

Tints

Color #adafc8 mixed toward white.

#bbbcd1

#c8cada

#d6d7e3

#e4e4ed

#f1f2f6

Tones

Color #adafc8 mixed toward gray.

#afb1c6

#b1b3c3

#b4b5c1

#b6b7bf

#b8b8bd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aeaec2 · ΔE 1.9

Deuteranopia

#aeaec1 · ΔE 2.2

Tritanopia

#adbebd · ΔE 15.1

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 10.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #adafc8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#adafc8]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#adafc8 (#adafc8) is rgb(173, 175, 200) in RGB.

No, #adafc8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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