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#adb8d6

a light, soft blue · cool · closest name: silver

RGB
173, 184, 214
HSL
224°, 33%, 76%
CMYK
19, 14, 0, 16
Luminance
0.4802

Every format

HEX#adb8d6
RGBrgb(173, 184, 214)
HSLhsl(224, 33%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(19%, 14%, 0%, 16%)
LABlab(74.8 2.5 -16.4)
LCHlch(74.8 16.5 278.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.784 0.044 269.4)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #adb8d6;
background-color: #adb8d6;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#adb8d6] bg-[#adb8d6]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #adb8d6;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.678, green: 0.722, blue: 0.839)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#adb8d6")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#adb8d6 on white: 1.98:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#adb8d6 on black: 10.60:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red67.8%
Green72.2%
Blue83.9%

CMYK percentages

Cyan19.2%
Magenta14.0%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)16.1%

Color previews

#adb8d6 text on a black background

contrast 10.60:1

Card sample

#adb8d6 text on a white background

contrast 1.98:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #adb8d6;
Background color
Panel with #adb8d6 background
background-color: #adb8d6;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #adb8d6;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(173, 184, 214, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(173, 184, 214, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #adb8d6;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #adb8d6, #BDADD6);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #adb8d6

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #adb8d6 in the Color Lab