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#adc9cd

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

RGB
173, 201, 205
HSL
188°, 24%, 74%
CMYK
16, 2, 0, 20
Luminance
0.5507

Every format

HEX#adc9cd
RGBrgb(173, 201, 205)
HSLhsl(188, 24%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(16%, 2%, 0%, 20%)
LABlab(79.1 -8.5 -5.2)
LCHlch(79.1 10.0 211.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.816 0.031 207.0)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #adc9cd;
background-color: #adc9cd;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#adc9cd] bg-[#adc9cd]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #adc9cd;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.678, green: 0.788, blue: 0.804)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#adc9cd")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#adc9cd on white: 1.75:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#adc9cd on black: 12.01:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red67.8%
Green78.8%
Blue80.4%

CMYK percentages

Cyan15.6%
Magenta2.0%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)19.6%

Color previews

#adc9cd text on a black background

contrast 12.01:1

Card sample

#adc9cd text on a white background

contrast 1.75:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #adc9cd;
Background color
Panel with #adc9cd background
background-color: #adc9cd;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #adc9cd;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(173, 201, 205, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(173, 201, 205, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #adc9cd;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #adc9cd, #ADB4CD);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #adc9cd

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #adc9cd in the Color Lab