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#aaade8

a light, vivid blue · warm · closest name: plum

RGB
170, 173, 232
HSL
237°, 57%, 79%
CMYK
27, 25, 0, 9
Luminance
0.4426

Every format

HEX#aaade8
RGBrgb(170, 173, 232)
HSLhsl(237, 57%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(27%, 25%, 0%, 9%)
LABlab(72.4 11.8 -29.9)
LCHlch(72.4 32.1 291.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.766 0.084 281.9)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #aaade8;
background-color: #aaade8;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#aaade8] bg-[#aaade8]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #aaade8;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.667, green: 0.678, blue: 0.910)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#aaade8")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#aaade8 on white: 2.13:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#aaade8 on black: 9.85:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red66.7%
Green67.8%
Blue91.0%

CMYK percentages

Cyan26.7%
Magenta25.4%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)9.0%

Color previews

#aaade8 text on a black background

contrast 9.85:1

Card sample

#aaade8 text on a white background

contrast 2.13:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #aaade8;
Background color
Panel with #aaade8 background
background-color: #aaade8;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #aaade8;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(170, 173, 232, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(170, 173, 232, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #aaade8;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaade8, #D0AAE8);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #aaade8

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #aaade8 in the Color Lab