Information about #ADB0E5 color

#ADB0E5 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#ADB0E5 falls into the Blue Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(173, 176, 229) — 67.8% red, 69% green, 89.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 22 / 21 / 0 / 10. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#ADB0E5 is a pleasantly vivid classic blue that has a delicate, washed-out lightness. In practice it works well for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Maximum Blue Purple (#ACACE6). Slightly further away sit Perano (#ACB9E8) and Nanoc The Mighty Evil Pig (#AAA4E3).

The recipe behind #ADB0E5 is rgb(173, 176, 229), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #ADB0E5: 10.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.1:1 for white. No one has named #ADB0E5 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#ADB0E5 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#ADB0E5 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #ADB0E5

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#ADB0E5
  • RGB173, 176, 229
  • CMYK22, 21, 0, 10
  • CSSrgb(173, 176, 229)
  • HSL237°, 52%, 79%
  • HSL Precise236.786°, 51.852%, 78.824%
  • HSV237°, 24%, 90%
  • HSB237°, 24%, 90%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.678
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.690
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.898
  • GLSLvec3(0.678, 0.690, 0.898)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.678, 0.690, 0.898, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.678, 0.690, 0.898)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB67.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB69%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB89.8%
  • Color FamilyBlue
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDADB0E5
  • DECIMAL ID11383013
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01