#a4dded Color Information

#a4dded Color Information
Details | Shades, Tints, and Tones | Variations | Color Coordinates | Color Schemes | HTML+CSS Examples | Coding & Programming | Color Blindness | Accessibility | Related Colors

The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #a4dded, and its official name is Non-Photo Blue. In RGB, it consists of 64.3% Red, 86.7% Green, and 92.9% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 30.8% Cyan, 6.8% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 7.1% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 193.2°, with saturation of 67% and lightness of 78.6%. The decimal value for #a4dded is 10804717, and its nearest "web safe" color is #99ccff. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #a4dded is blue. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is cyan. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is blue.
  • HexHex code for this color#a4dded Copy
  • NameThe common name of this colorNon-Photo Blue Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color164, 221, 237 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color64.3%, 86.7%, 92.9% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.357, 0.133, 0.071 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0.308, 0.068, 0, 0.071 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color193.2°, 67.0%, 78.6% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color193.2°, 30.8%, 92.9% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color56.452, 65.720, 89.831 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color164, 196, 237 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code10804717 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color84.853, -14.420, -13.694 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)84.853, 19.887, 223.521 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color84.853, -28.344, -19.222 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color81.068, -17.568, -8.951 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.266, 0.310, 65.720 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4288994797 / 0xffa4dded Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#99ccff Copy
Last Updated: March 28, 2024

Shades of #a4dded

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #a4dded, its pure hue is 193.2° on the color wheel and its saturation is 67.0%, and its lightness is 78.6%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #a4dded, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #151c1e to #90c1cf.

Tints of #a4dded

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #a4dded, its pure hue is 193.2° on the color wheel and its saturation is 67.0%, and its lightness is 78.6%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #a4dded, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #afe1ef to #f4fbfd.

Tones of #a4dded

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #a4dded, its pure hue is 193.2° on the color wheel and its saturation is 67.0%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #a4dded, which range from #c9c9c9 (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #92e7ff (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #a4dded

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #a4dded! For #a4dded, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #a4dded. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #a4dded

This color, #a4dded, consists of 64.3% Red, 86.7% Green, and 92.9% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 164, Green = 221, Blue = 237. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #a4dded is 30.8% Cyan, 6.8% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 7.1% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R64.3%
C30.8%
G86.7%
M6.8%
B92.9%
Y0.0%
K7.1%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 164 221 237
Octal 244 335 355
Hexa #a4 #dd #ed
Binary 10100100 11011101 11101101
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 30 6 0 7
Octal 36 6 0 7
Hexa #1e #06 #00 #07
Binary 00011110 00000110 00000000 00000111

Analogous Colors of #a4dded

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #a4dded — which has hue 193.2° — its analogous colors are located at 163.2° and 223.2° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #a4dded.

Triadic Colors of #a4dded

Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #a4dded — which has hue 193.2° — its triadic colors are located at 73.2° and 313.2° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #a4dded.

Complementary Color of #a4dded

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #a4dded — which has hue 193.2° — its complementary color is located at 13.2° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #a4dded.

Split Complementary Colors of #a4dded

Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #a4dded — which has hue 193.2° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 43.2° and 343.2° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #a4dded.

Tetradic Colors of #a4dded

Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #a4dded — which has hue 193.2° — its tetradic colors are located at 103.2°, 193.2°, 283.2°, and 13.2° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #a4dded.

Monochromatic Colors of #a4dded

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #a4dded, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #84c4d7 — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #cdf1fb (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #a4dded

We want to make getting started with #a4dded on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #a4dded into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #a4dded can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span> and <div> tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #a4dded with other HTML elements.

#a4dded Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #a4dded.
<span style="color: #a4dded;">The color of this text is #a4dded.</span>

#a4dded Background Color

The background color for this text is #a4dded.
<div style="background-color: #a4dded; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #a4dded.</div>

#a4dded Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #a4dded.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #a4dded;">This color for the shadow of this text is #a4dded.</span>

#a4dded Border Color

This is a div with border color #a4dded.
<div style="border: #a4dded 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #a4dded.</div>

#a4dded Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #a4dded on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #a4dded; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #a4dded on a white background.</div></div>

#a4dded Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #a4dded on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #a4dded; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #a4dded on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #a4dded to White

This is a gradient from #a4dded to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#a4dded,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#a4dded,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#a4dded,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#a4dded,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #a4dded to white.</div>

Gradient from #a4dded to Black

This is a gradient from #a4dded to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#a4dded,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#a4dded,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#a4dded,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#a4dded,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #a4dded to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #a4dded

In addition to using #a4dded on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #a4dded in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #a4dded, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 164, Green = 221, Blue = 237). If you need details about the color coordinates of #a4dded in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.

Language Environment Code Snippet
HTML + CSS (Hex Code) Web #a4dded
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(164, 221, 237)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #a4dded; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #a4dded; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #a4dded; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(164, 221, 237);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#a4dded")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:164, green:221, blue:237, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:164 green:221 blue:237 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(164f, 221f, 237f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(164, 221, 237);
 

#a4dded Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #a4dded the same way. For those with color blindness, #a4dded might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #a4dded looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #a4dded is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #a4dded looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #a4dded will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!

Trichromacy

Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women

Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women

Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000

Dichromacy

Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Monochromacy

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 20,000

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Accessibility

Not Accessibility Recommended

We analyzed whether #a4dded is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 1.5:1 against white. Under both the AA and AAA level standards, this is not a high enough ratio to be considered accessible for either normal size or large text.

WCAG AA
Normal Size Text

WCAG AA
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WCAG AAA
Normal Size Text

WCAG AAA
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