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#adacfc

a light, electric blue · cool · closest name: Light Steel Blue

Token name suggestion: Morning Harbour

RGB
173, 172, 252
HSL
241°, 93%, 83%
CMYK
31, 32, 0, 1
Luminance
0.4542

#adacfc is a light electric blue, 241° on the wheel and 83/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (10.08:1). As text it scores 2.08:1 on white — use #6462F9 instead. Nearest name is Light Steel Blue, nearest Tailwind family is blue.

hsl(241 93% 83%)rgb(173 172 252)Base step 200AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #adacfc is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#adacfc
Hue
241°
blue
Saturation
93%
electric
Lightness
83%
light
Brightness
99%
HSV value
Perceived
72%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4542
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
83/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
10.08:1
Closest name
Light Steel Blue
ΔE2000 9.5
Chroma
43.5
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.775
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
blue
500 · ΔE 19
Web-safe
#9999FF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue241° of 360°
Saturation93%
Lightness83%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #adacfc.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool83% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red20%
Green65%
Blue15%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#adacfc
HEX (8-digit)#adacfcff
RGBrgb(173, 172, 252)
RGBArgba(173, 172, 252, 1)
HSLhsl(241, 93%, 83%)
HSV / HSBhsv(241, 32%, 99%)
HWBhwb(241 67% 1%)
CMYKcmyk(31%, 32%, 0%, 1%)
LABlab(73.2 18.1 -39.5)
LCHlch(73.2 43.5 294.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.775 0.113 284.0)
XYZ (D65)xyz(49.55, 45.42, 98.23)
Decimal11382012
Display P3color(display-p3 0.678 0.675 0.988)
Web-safe#9999FF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #adacfc;
background-color: #adacfc;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #adacfc;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#adacfc] bg-[#adacfc]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #adacfc;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.678, green: 0.675, blue: 0.988)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.678, green: 0.675, blue: 0.988, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#ADACFC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFADACFC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFADACFC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(252, 172, 173)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(173, 172, 252)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(173, 172, 252)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 173, 172, 252)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.6784f, 0.6745f, 0.9882f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{173,172,252}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #adacfc 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #adacfc 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#06047B, #D3D3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #adacfc h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F2F2FD;
  --brand-100: #E5E4FB;
  --brand-200: #adacfc;
  --brand-300: #9493FB;
  --brand-400: #5F5DF9;
  --brand-500: #2926F7;
  --brand-600: #0C09EC;
  --brand-700: #0A07C5;
  --brand-800: #08069D;
  --brand-900: #0A0972;
  --brand-950: #060647;
  --brand: #adacfc;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4F4FA;
  --brand-border: #C0C0ED;
  --brand-hover: #8B89FB;
  --brand-pressed: #6967F9;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #141424;
    --brand-ink: #D3D3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F2F2FD',
        100: '#E5E4FB',
        200: '#adacfc',
        300: '#9493FB',
        400: '#5F5DF9',
        500: '#2926F7',
        600: '#0C09EC',
        700: '#0A07C5',
        800: '#08069D',
        900: '#0A0972',
        950: '#060647',
        DEFAULT: '#adacfc',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F2F2FD,
  '100': #E5E4FB,
  '200': #adacfc,
  '300': #9493FB,
  '400': #5F5DF9,
  '500': #2926F7,
  '600': #0C09EC,
  '700': #0A07C5,
  '800': #08069D,
  '900': #0A0972,
  '950': #060647,
);
$brand-base: #adacfc;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F2F2FD", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E5E4FB", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#adacfc", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#9493FB", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#5F5DF9", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#2926F7", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#0C09EC", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#0A07C5", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#08069D", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#0A0972", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#060647", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #adacfc · 10.08:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.08:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 10.08:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #adacfc as text scores 2.08:1 on white and 10.08:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #06047B at 7.69:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#6462F9 · 4.51:1
AA on white−15% L
#6462F9
The quick fox
#3331F8 · 7.15:1
AAA on white−25% L
#3331F8
The quick fox
#adacfc · 10.08:1
AA on blackalready passes
#adacfc
The quick fox
#adacfc · 10.08:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#adacfc

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #8684FB is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#adacfc on white: 2.08:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#adacfc on black: 10.08:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #adacfc as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #adacfc.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.08:1AaAa
Slate 501.99:1AaAa
Slate 1001.90:1AaAa
Slate 2001.69:1AaAa
Slate 3001.40:1AaAa
Slate 4001.23:1AaAa
Slate 5002.29:1AaAa
Slate 6003.64:1AaAa
Slate 7004.97:1AaAa
Slate 8007.02:1AaAa
Slate 9008.57:1AaAa
Black10.08:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #95B6FF
deuteranopia · #92B1FA
tritanopia · #99BBC9

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #adacfc is pinned to step 200; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F2F2FD
#E5E4FB
#adacfc
#9493FB
#5F5DF9
#2926F7
#0C09EC
#0A07C5
#08069D
#0A0972
#060647
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F2F2FDDarkest = 950 · #060647Text step on white = 400
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.028 284.0);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.045 284.0);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.068 284.0);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.088 284.0);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.104 284.0);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.113 284.0);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.113 284.0);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.107 284.0);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.095 284.0);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.079 284.0);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.062 284.0);
}

Colors that work with #adacfc

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F4F4FA
Tinted page background
Border#C0C0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4C4B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#CA9A02
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#06047B
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E7E6FE
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#141424
Dark-mode background
Hover#8B89FB
One step down in lightness
Pressed#6967F9
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F3F7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#BEBDFF
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #adacfc

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #06047B
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #8684FB

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

trustedcalmcompetentcorporate

The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

It is also the most crowded hue on the web. Distinctiveness has to come from your other choices.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight17/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#FBFCAC
Analogous left#ACD3FC
Analogous right#D5ACFC
Split-complement 1#FCD5AC
Split-complement 2#D3FCAC
Triadic 1#FCADAC
Triadic 2#ACFCAD
Tetradic#FCACD3
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°241°

#adacfc sits at 241°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red67.8%
Green67.5%
Blue98.8%
R · 0–255
173
0xad
G · 0–255
172
0xac
B · 0–255
252
0xfc

CMYK percentages

Cyan31.3%
Magenta31.7%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)1.2%

Total ink coverage is 64%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#adacfc text on a black background

contrast 10.08:1

Card sample

#adacfc text on a white background

contrast 2.08:1

Card sample

#adacfc on grey

1.90:1

#adacfc on its own surface

1.90:1

#adacfc on its dark surface

8.73:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

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

Glowing headline

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

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(173, 172, 252, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(173, 172, 252, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #adacfc;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #adacfc, #E2ACFC);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #adacfc, #F6ACFC);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #adacfc;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #adacfc;
caret-color: #adacfc;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #adacfc;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #E7E6FE;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #adacfc;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#adacfc 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #adacfc over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(173, 172, 252, 0.5)
rgb(173 172 252 / 50%)
#adacfc80
hsl(241 93% 83% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #adacfc 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#adacfc1a#F7F7FF
20%#adacfc33#EFEEFE
40%#adacfc66#DEDEFE
60%#adacfc99#CECDFD
80%#adacfccc#BDBDFD

Gradients from #adacfc

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #E7E7FE, #adacfc 45%, #06047B);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #adacfc, #E18EFB);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #adacfc, #FBFCAC);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F0F0FE 0%, #adacfc 45%, #06047B 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4F4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #DDF0FE 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #E8C9FD 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #06047B 0%, transparent 65%), #adacfc;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #adacfc

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#adacfc in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyFinanceHealthcareEnterprise SaaS
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 10.08:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#adacfc, answered

What color is #adacfc?

#adacfc is a light electric blue, closest to Light Steel Blue (ΔE2000 9.5). It sits at 241° on the hue wheel with 93% saturation and 83% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #adacfc?

rgb(173, 172, 252) — 173 red, 172 green and 252 blue out of 255, or 67.8% / 67.5% / 98.8% by channel.

What is #adacfc in HSL and HSV?

hsl(241, 93%, 83%) and hsv(241, 32%, 99%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #adacfc a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4542 and perceived brightness is 72%, so black text on it reaches 10.08:1.

Should I use black or white text on #adacfc?

Black. It scores 10.08:1 against #adacfc, versus 2.08:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #adacfc accessible on a white background?

#adacfc on white scores 2.08:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #6462F9 to reach 4.5:1, or #3331F8 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #adacfc?

#FBFCAC sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #FCD5AC and #D3FCAC, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #adacfc?

For interface work: #F4F4FA as the surface, #C0C0ED for borders, #4C4B9B for secondary text, #CA9A02 as an accent and #06047B for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #ACD3FC and #D5ACFC stays calm, while #FBFCAC is the loudest partner.

What is #adacfc in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(31%, 32%, 0%, 1%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #adacfc warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 83 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #CAACFC; nudged cooler, #ABC6FD.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #adacfc?

The blue family — its 500 step is #3b82f6, ΔE2000 19 away. That is a visible difference, so define #adacfc as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #adacfc in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#adacfc] or text-[#adacfc], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #adacfc with 50% opacity?

rgba(173, 172, 252, 0.5), or #adacfc80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #D6D6FE; over black, #57567E.

Is #adacfc a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #9999FF, ΔE2000 5.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #adacfc mean?

As a blue, it reads trusted, calm, competent. The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #adacfc?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #E7E7FE, #adacfc 45%, #06047B). For more colour, a short hue run to #E18EFB keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #adacfc in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #adacfc at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.