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#adc9ff

a light, electric blue · cool · closest name: skyblue

RGB
173, 201, 255
HSL
220°, 100%, 84%
CMYK
32, 21, 0, 0
Luminance
0.5788

Every format

HEX#adc9ff
RGBrgb(173, 201, 255)
HSLhsl(220, 100%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(32%, 21%, 0%, 0%)
LABlab(80.7 2.9 -29.5)
LCHlch(80.7 29.7 275.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.834 0.082 263.3)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #adc9ff;
background-color: #adc9ff;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#adc9ff] bg-[#adc9ff]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #adc9ff;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.678, green: 0.788, blue: 1.000)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#adc9ff")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#adc9ff on white: 1.67:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#adc9ff on black: 12.58:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red67.8%
Green78.8%
Blue100.0%

CMYK percentages

Cyan32.2%
Magenta21.2%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)0.0%

Color previews

#adc9ff text on a black background

contrast 12.58:1

Card sample

#adc9ff text on a white background

contrast 1.67:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #adc9ff;
Background color
Panel with #adc9ff background
background-color: #adc9ff;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #adc9ff;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(173, 201, 255, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(173, 201, 255, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #adc9ff;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #adc9ff, #C8ADFF);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #adc9ff

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #adc9ff in the Color Lab