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#ADD4D2

#add4d2 ≈ Powder Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#add4d2 is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 83.14% green and 82.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.4% cyan, 0% magenta, 0.94% yellow and 16.86% black. Its hue angle is 176.92°, with 31.2% saturation and 75.49% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 13.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Powder Blue (#b0e0e6), ΔE 4.38.

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Web safe#99cccc
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Relative luminance0.6062

Complementary

  1. #add4d2
  2. #d4adaf

Split complementary

  1. #add4d2
  2. #d4adc3
  3. #d4bead

Analogous

  1. #add4be
  2. #add4d2
  3. #adc3d4

Triadic

  1. #add4d2
  2. #d2add4
  3. #d4d2ad

Tetradic

  1. #add4d2
  2. #adafd4
  3. #d4adaf
  4. #d4d2ad

Square

  1. #add4d2
  2. #beadd4
  3. #d4adaf
  4. #c3d4ad

Monochromatic

  1. #509894
  2. #7bbab6
  3. #add4d2
  4. #dfeeee
  5. #f2f8f8

Shades

#add4d2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #add4d2
  2. #9cbfbd
  3. #8aaaa8
  4. #799493
  5. #687f7e
  6. #576a69
  7. #455554
  8. #34403f
  9. #232a2a
  10. #111515
  11. #000000

Tints

#add4d2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #add4d2
  2. #b5d8d7
  3. #bddddb
  4. #c6e1e0
  5. #cee5e4
  6. #d6eae9
  7. #deeeed
  8. #e6f2f2
  9. #eff6f6
  10. #f7fbfb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#add4d2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #add4d2
  2. #a9ccca
  3. #a4c3c2
  4. #a0bbb9
  5. #9bb2b1
  6. #97aaa9
  7. #92a2a1
  8. #8e9999
  9. #899190
  10. #858888
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c1cfcf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cfd0d2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7cad2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a2d6d3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c2d1d2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bdced2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a6d5d3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-add4d2 {
  color: #add4d2;
}
Background
.bg-add4d2 {
  background-color: #add4d2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-add4d2 {
  border: 2px solid #add4d2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #add4d2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 212 210;
  --color-primary-hsl: 177 31% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-add4d2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #add4d2, #adc3d4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-add4d2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 212 210 / 0.35);
}

#b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 4.38 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 5.25 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 6.82 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 6.94 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 7.46 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 8.02 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 9.57 #522b2d Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Powder Blue
#add4d2  rgb(173, 212, 210)  hsl(177, 31%, 75%)  Powder Blue
#d4adaf  rgb(212, 173, 175)  hsl(357, 31%, 75%)  Pastel Pink
#d2add4  rgb(210, 173, 212)  hsl(297, 31%, 75%)  Lilac
#d4d2ad  rgb(212, 210, 173)  hsl(57, 31%, 75%)  Pearl