Information about #ADD8CE color

#ADD8CE color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#ADD8CE falls into the Cyan Color Family — Mild Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(173, 216, 206) — 67.8% red, 84.7% green, 80.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 17 / 0 / 4 / 15. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #ADD8CE reads as a moderately toned aqua cyan and has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Expect to see shades like this in airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Scandal (#ADD9D1). Slightly further away sit Sinbad (#A6D5D0) and Clinical Soft Blue (#B2CFD3).

The recipe behind #ADD8CE is rgb(173, 216, 206), with green as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 13.5:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.6:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #ADD8CE is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#ADD8CE color variations

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

#ADD8CE color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#ADD8CE color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#ADD8CE color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#ADD8CE color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#ADD8CE 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
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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
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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
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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
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Tetradic

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

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

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

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #ADD8CE

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

Scandal color link
Scandal

#ADD9D1

Sinbad color link
Sinbad

#A6D5D0

Clinical Soft Blue color link
Clinical Soft Blue

#B2CFD3

Baroque Chalk Soft Blue color link
Baroque Chalk Soft Blue

#AECCCB

Jungle Mist color link
Jungle Mist

#B4CFD3

Dreamer’s Sky color link
Dreamer’s Sky

#ADDED9

Pastel Cyan color link
Pastel Cyan

#A4D8D8

Ice Cold color link
Ice Cold

#AFE3D6

Vitra color link
Vitra

#A1DCC7

Aqua Island color link
Aqua Island

#A1DAD7

Jet Stream color link
Jet Stream

#BBD0C9

Crystal color link
Crystal

#A7D8DE

#ADD8CE color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#ADD8CE
  • RGB173, 216, 206
  • CMYK17, 0, 4, 15
  • CSSrgb(173, 216, 206)
  • HSL166°, 36%, 76%
  • HSL Precise166.047°, 35.537%, 76.275%
  • HSV166°, 20%, 85%
  • HSB166°, 20%, 85%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.678
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.847
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.808
  • GLSLvec3(0.678, 0.847, 0.808)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.678, 0.847, 0.808, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.678, 0.847, 0.808)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB67.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB84.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB80.8%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDADD8CE
  • DECIMAL ID11393230
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers23 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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