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#ADE9FF

#ade9ff ≈ Non-Photo Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#ade9ff is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 91.37% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.16% cyan, 8.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 196.1°, with 100% saturation and 83.92% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 15.88:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Non-Photo Blue (#a4dded), ΔE 3.38.

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Relative luminance0.7438

Complementary

  1. #ade9ff
  2. #ffc3ad

Split complementary

  1. #ade9ff
  2. #ffadc0
  3. #ffecad

Analogous

  1. #adffec
  2. #ade9ff
  3. #adc0ff

Triadic

  1. #ade9ff
  2. #ffade9
  3. #e9ffad

Tetradic

  1. #ade9ff
  2. #c3adff
  3. #ffc3ad
  4. #e9ffad

Square

  1. #ade9ff
  2. #ecadff
  3. #ffc3ad
  4. #c0ffad

Monochromatic

  1. #14c0ff
  2. #60d4ff
  3. #ade9ff
  4. #ebfaff
  5. #ebfaff

Shades

#ade9ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ade9ff
  2. #9cd2e6
  3. #8abacc
  4. #79a3b3
  5. #688c99
  6. #577580
  7. #455d66
  8. #34464d
  9. #232f33
  10. #11171a
  11. #000000

Tints

#ade9ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ade9ff
  2. #b5ebff
  3. #bdedff
  4. #c6f0ff
  5. #cef2ff
  6. #d6f4ff
  7. #def6ff
  8. #e6f8ff
  9. #effbff
  10. #f7fdff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ade9ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ade9ff
  2. #a9dff2
  3. #a4d4e6
  4. #a0cad9
  5. #9bbfcc
  6. #97b5c0
  7. #92aab3
  8. #8ea0a6
  9. #899599
  10. #858b8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e0e0e0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cde4ed ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dce6ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cfdcff ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #91f0f0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cbe7ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3e1ff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #9dedf6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ade9ff {
  color: #ade9ff;
}
Background
.bg-ade9ff {
  background-color: #ade9ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ade9ff {
  border: 2px solid #ade9ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ade9ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 233 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 100% 84%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ade9ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ade9ff, #adc0ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ade9ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 233 255 / 0.35);
}

#a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 3.38 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 4.81 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 5.99 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 6.42 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.97 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.06 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 8.74 #521600 Inverted #e0e0e0 Grayscale 

Non-Photo Blue
#ade9ff  rgb(173, 233, 255)  hsl(196, 100%, 84%)  Non-Photo Blue
#ffc3ad  rgb(255, 195, 173)  hsl(16, 100%, 84%)  Zinnwaldite
#ffade9  rgb(255, 173, 233)  hsl(316, 100%, 84%)  Plum
#e9ffad  rgb(233, 255, 173)  hsl(76, 100%, 84%)  Pastel Yellow