Information about #B8ADEE color

#B8ADEE color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#B8ADEE falls into the Blue Color Family — High Saturation, Very Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(184, 173, 238) — 72.2% red, 67.8% green, 93.3% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 21 / 25 / 0 / 7. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#B8ADEE presents itself as a strongly colored classic blue — one that has a delicate, washed-out lightness. In practice it works well for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Pale Light Grayish Blue (#B8B8E7). Slightly further away sit Maximum Blue Purple (#ACACE6) and Pale Light Grayish Indigo (#C4B8E7).

The recipe behind #B8ADEE is rgb(184, 173, 238), with blue as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 10.3:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.0:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #B8ADEE is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#B8ADEE color variations

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

#B8ADEE 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 #B8ADEE

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#B8ADEE
  • RGB184, 173, 238
  • CMYK21, 25, 0, 7
  • CSSrgb(184, 173, 238)
  • HSL250°, 66%, 81%
  • HSL Precise250.154°, 65.657%, 80.588%
  • HSV250°, 27%, 93%
  • HSB250°, 27%, 93%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.722
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.678
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.933
  • GLSLvec3(0.722, 0.678, 0.933)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.722, 0.678, 0.933, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.722, 0.678, 0.933)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB72.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB67.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB93.3%
  • Color FamilyBlue
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDB8ADEE
  • DECIMAL ID12103150
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01