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#adb8df

a light, soft blue · warm · closest name: skyblue

RGB
173, 184, 223
HSL
227°, 44%, 78%
CMYK
22, 18, 0, 13
Luminance
0.4849

Every format

HEX#adb8df
RGBrgb(173, 184, 223)
HSLhsl(227, 44%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(22%, 18%, 0%, 13%)
LABlab(75.1 4.5 -20.8)
LCHlch(75.1 21.3 282.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.787 0.057 272.7)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #adb8df;
background-color: #adb8df;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#adb8df] bg-[#adb8df]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #adb8df;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.678, green: 0.722, blue: 0.875)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#adb8df")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#adb8df on white: 1.96:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#adb8df on black: 10.70:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red67.8%
Green72.2%
Blue87.5%

CMYK percentages

Cyan22.4%
Magenta17.5%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)12.5%

Color previews

#adb8df text on a black background

contrast 10.70:1

Card sample

#adb8df text on a white background

contrast 1.96:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #adb8df;
Background color
Panel with #adb8df background
background-color: #adb8df;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #adb8df;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(173, 184, 223, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(173, 184, 223, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #adb8df;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #adb8df, #C3ADDF);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #adb8df

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #adb8df in the Color Lab