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#acade9

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

RGB
172, 173, 233
HSL
239°, 58%, 79%
CMYK
26, 26, 0, 9
Luminance
0.4454

Every format

HEX#acade9
RGBrgb(172, 173, 233)
HSLhsl(239, 58%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(26%, 26%, 0%, 9%)
LABlab(72.6 12.6 -30.1)
LCHlch(72.6 32.6 292.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.768 0.085 283.5)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #acade9;
background-color: #acade9;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#acade9] bg-[#acade9]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #acade9;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.675, green: 0.678, blue: 0.914)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#acade9")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#acade9 on white: 2.12:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#acade9 on black: 9.91:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red67.5%
Green67.8%
Blue91.4%

CMYK percentages

Cyan26.2%
Magenta25.8%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)8.6%

Color previews

#acade9 text on a black background

contrast 9.91:1

Card sample

#acade9 text on a white background

contrast 2.12:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #acade9;
Background color
Panel with #acade9 background
background-color: #acade9;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #acade9;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(172, 173, 233, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(172, 173, 233, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #acade9;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #acade9, #D4ACE9);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #acade9

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #acade9 in the Color Lab