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#adb9df

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

RGB
173, 185, 223
HSL
226°, 44%, 78%
CMYK
22, 17, 0, 13
Luminance
0.4891

Every format

HEX#adb9df
RGBrgb(173, 185, 223)
HSLhsl(226, 44%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(22%, 17%, 0%, 13%)
LABlab(75.4 4.0 -20.4)
LCHlch(75.4 20.8 281.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.789 0.056 271.3)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #adb9df;
background-color: #adb9df;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#adb9df] bg-[#adb9df]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #adb9df;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.678, green: 0.725, blue: 0.875)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#adb9df")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#adb9df on white: 1.95:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#adb9df on black: 10.78:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

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

CMYK percentages

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

Color previews

#adb9df text on a black background

contrast 10.78:1

Card sample

#adb9df text on a white background

contrast 1.95:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #adb9df;
Background color
Panel with #adb9df background
background-color: #adb9df;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #adb9df;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(173, 185, 223, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(173, 185, 223, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #adb9df;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #adb9df, #C2ADDF);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #adb9df

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #adb9df in the Color Lab