What is hex #ADDFFA color?

 
In professional design frameworks, this hue is considered a balanced and versatile hue. It is ideal for creating smooth color harmony, digital artwork, or minimalist web components.

From a technical standpoint, this color is composed of 68% red, 87% green and 98% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (173,223,250).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (31%, 11%, 0%, 2%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #ADDFFA features a hue of 201°, 31% saturation, and a brightness value of 98%.

Hex #ADDFFA Color Codes & Equivalents

Hex Code #ADDFFA
RGB Values (173,223,250)
CMYK Values (31%, 11%, 0%, 2%)
HSV/HSB Values (201°, 31%, 98%)
Closest Web Safe
#99CCFF
Inverse Color
#522005
Closest Pantone®
635 C
Closest RAL
RAL 9003 [Signal white]
Complementary Color
#FAC8AD

#ADDFFA Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#D7D7D7
Lightness (Desaturation)
#D3D3D3
Weighted (BT601)
#D3D3D3
Luma (BT709)
#D6D6D6

WCAG 2.1 Color Contrast & Accessibility

Check how #ADDFFA complies with web accessibility standards (WCAG AA & AAA) for typography.

White Text on #ADDFFA

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #ADDFFA.

Contrast Ratio: 1.43:1
AA Fail AAA Fail

Black Text on #ADDFFA

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #ADDFFA.

Contrast Ratio: 14.71:1
AA Pass AAA Pass

Hex #ADDFFA Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #ADDFFA is #FAC8AD. To get this value, we need to use the RGB metrics, and take this opposite color at the end of the color wheel, so for #ADDFFA you will find #FAC8AD. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite colors". So if you need to grab attention, you should use it.

#ADDFFA #FAC8AD

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #ADDFFA is composed with colors #ADFAEE and #ADB8FA. Colors are called analogous colors when they are very similar to each other. They are located to the right and left of your main color #ADDFFA with a 30° separation on the RGB color wheel. An analogous color palette is best used with either warm or cool colors, creating a look that has a certain temperature as well as proper color harmony.

#ADFAEE #ADDFFA #ADB8FA

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #ADDFFA is composed with colors #FAEEAD and #FAADB8. A split-complementary color palette is like an analogous palette but you will take the complementary color as base instead of your main color. This choice, however, also makes the split complementary color combinations less vibrant and eye-catching, but it's also a good choice for beginners as you can hardly go wrong.

#ADDFFA #FAEEAD #FAADB8

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #ADDFFA is composed with colors #DFFAAD and #FAADDF. They are located to the right and left of your main color #ADDFFA with a 120° separation on the RGB color wheel. With it you have the maximum variation in hue and offering by the same occasion the best possible contrast when taken together.

#ADDFFA #DFFAAD #FAADDF

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #ADDFFA is composed with colors #FAADDF, #FAC8AD and #ADFAC8 A tetradic color scheme, an outstanding variant of the twin color scheme, with an equal distance between all colors. All four colors are divided evenly around the color wheel. Like this there being no clear dominance of one color overs others. Colorful palettes create a sense of diversity, optimism and openness which are positive for a consumer brand. You can find the tetradic color scheme on big tech company logo like Google, Slack, Zoho, Microsoft, eBay for example. For a better result, you can also adjust saturation and brightness.

#ADDFFA #FAADDF #FAC8AD #ADFAC8

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #ADDFFA is composed with colors #EEADFA, #FAC8AD and #B8FAAD To get this color, it's pretty the same method that analogous or triadic, but instead, you will take an angle of 90° on the RGB Wheel between each colors. The square palette is similar to the tetradic palette, but provides an evenly balanced chromatic distribution with crisp visual contrast across all four points.

#ADDFFA #EEADFA #FAC8AD #B8FAAD

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #ADDFFA

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #ADDFFA.

#ADDFFA #C0E6FB #D3EEFC #E6F5FD #F9FDFE #FFFFFF

Tones

Tones are made by mixing with gray, softening the original color.

#ADDFFA #B1DDF5 #B5DCF1 #B9DBED #BED9E8 #C2D8E4 #C6D7E0 #CAD6DC

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

#ADDFFA #99D7F8 #86CFF7 #73C8F6 #60C0F5 #4CB9F4 #39B1F2 #26AAF1

Hex #ADDFFA in programming languages

If you are a developer, you will find below the color codes to use according to your programming language (HTML, JAVA, Python, .NET), enjoy!

HTML, CSS #ADDFFA
Java new Color(173,223,250);
Python Color(#ADDFFA)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 173,223,250);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.68, green: 0.87, blue: 0.98, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(173, 223, 250)