Photo in the color Carolina blue
Pictured: Carolina blue, the closest color we have a photo of (#99BADD)
rgb(147, 184, 227)
#93B8E3

Adrift on the Nile #93B8E3 RGB Color Code

Name from the community color list.

Adrift on the Nile (#93B8E3) is a muted, light blue. In RGB it is made of 58% red, 72% green and 89% blue (R 147, G 184, B 227). The blue channel is the strongest. In HSL it has a hue of 212°, 59% saturation and 73% lightness. Its relative luminance is 0.460, so black text is easier to read on top of it. For print, a rough CMYK match is 35% cyan, 19% magenta, 0% yellow and 11% black. Check it against your printer's ICC profile before you print. It is a cool color. It goes well with warm oranges and reds for contrast. For a calm, matching look, use nearby cool tones.

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Adrift on the Nile color codes

#93B8E3 in every common color format. Click a value to copy it.

FormatValueNotesCopy
HEX #93B8E3 Valid CSS
RGB rgb(147, 184, 227) Valid CSS
HSL hsl(212, 59%, 73%) Valid CSS
HSV / HSB hsv(212, 35%, 89%) Not a CSS format
HWB hwb(212 58% 11%) Valid CSS
CMYK cmyk(35%, 19%, 0%, 11%) Approximate (no ICC profile)
OKLCH oklch(77.1% 0.0738 252.53) Valid CSS
OKLab oklab(77.1% -0.0222 -0.0704) Valid CSS
CIELAB lab(73.23% -5.06 -25.92) D50, as in CSS
CIELCH lch(73.23% 26.41 258.95) Valid CSS
Display P3 color(display-p3 0.6056 0.7173 0.8751) Valid CSS
XYZ (D65) color(xyz-d65 0.4304 0.4603 0.7929) Valid CSS
Decimal 9681123 Integer (0xRRGGBB)

CMYK here is a rough screen match without an ICC profile. See CMYK and print. Relative luminance: 0.4603. Nearest web-safe color: #99CCCC.

Mix Adrift on the Nile with other colors

See what #93B8E3 makes with red paint, under a green light, printed with cyan ink and in a digital blend with blue. Click a picture to change the colors and amounts in the color mixer.

Use Adrift on the Nile in your code

Ready to paste into CSS, Sass, Tailwind, iOS, Android and Flutter. Click the icon to copy a line.

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CSS variable--adrift-on-the-nile: #93B8E3;
Sass variable$adrift-on-the-nile: #93B8E3;
Tailwind CSS v4@theme { --color-adrift-on-the-nile: #93B8E3; }
Tailwind CSS v3 configcolors: { 'adrift-on-the-nile': '#93B8E3' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.576, green: 0.722, blue: 0.89)
UIKitUIColor(red: 0.576, green: 0.722, blue: 0.89, alpha: 1)
Android XML<color name="adrift_on_the_nile">#FF93B8E3</color>
Flutter and Jetpack ComposeColor(0xFF93B8E3)

Accessibility and contrast

Black text works best on #93B8E3 (10.21:1, AAA). Here is how #93B8E3 does as a text color:

Large heading text
Body text at 16px. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
2.06:1 on white
APCA Lc 40
Fails AATry #5779A1
Large heading text
Body text at 16px. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
10.21:1 on black
APCA Lc -62
AAA

Check this color against any background in the contrast checker. WCAG ratios and APCA Lc values measure different things, so one can't stand in for the other. Learn more.

How people with color blindness see Adrift on the Nile

#93B8E3 next to its complement and its two triadic colors, as seen with each type of color blindness.

  • Normal visionhow most people see it
  • Protanopiano red cones, about 1% of men
  • Deuteranopiano green cones, the most common type
  • Tritanopiano blue cones, very rare
  • Achromatopsiano color at all, very rare

With protanopia and deuteranopia, #93B8E3 and #E393B8 look much alike. Don't use these colors alone to tell things apart, for example in a chart. Add labels, patterns or a difference in lightness. Try your own colors in the color blindness simulator.

Adrift on the Nile in a user interface

A sample app screen with #93B8E3 as the main color, on a light and a dark theme.

Light theme

Dark theme

Buttons and bars use #93B8E3 as it is. On the light theme, #93B8E3 is too hard to read as text (2.06:1), so links, the badge and outline text use #5779A1 there (4.51:1). Build a full color scheme around it in the UI color preview.

Color harmonies for Adrift on the Nile

These schemes turn the hue of #93B8E3 around the color wheel. Each swatch links to its own page.

Complementary

Two colors on opposite sides of the wheel. This gives the most contrast.

Open palette

Analogous

Hues that sit next to each other and look good together.

Open palette

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel. Bold, but still balanced.

Open palette

Split complementary

A base color plus the two hues on each side of its opposite. Strong contrast that clashes less.

Open palette

Tetradic (rectangle)

Two pairs of opposite colors. Let one color lead and use the others less.

Open palette

Square

Four hues 90° apart, spread evenly around the wheel.

Open palette

Monochromatic

One hue at different levels of lightness and saturation.

Open palette

Gradients with Adrift on the Nile

Four CSS gradients made from #93B8E3. Copy the code, or open one in the gradient generator to change it.

Soft tint

From a pale tint to the full color.

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #E9F1FA, #93B8E3);

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Deep shade

The color fading into a dark shade.

background: linear-gradient(180deg, #93B8E3, #25313F);

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Analogous

Its two neighbors on the color wheel.

background: linear-gradient(135deg, #93E0E3, #93B8E3, #9693E3);

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Triadic

A bold blend with a triadic color, through a clean middle.

background: linear-gradient(135deg, #93B8E3, #C0A7CE, #E393B8);

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Shades, tints and tones of Adrift on the Nile

Shades are darker, tints are lighter and tones are grayer. We make them in OKLCH so the steps look even. Hover a step to see its code, or click it to open it.

Design system scale (50 to 950)

Adrift on the Nile sits at step 300. Export the full scale as CSS variables or Tailwind tokens from the picker.

  1. 50
    F1F7FF
  2. 100
    E0EEFF
  3. 200
    C5DDF9
  4. 300
    93B8E3
  5. 400
    84A6CE
  6. 500
    6689B2
  7. 600
    4D6E95
  8. 700
    39577A
  9. 800
    2B4461
  10. 900
    1F3247
  11. 950
    141E29

Closest RAL, Tailwind and CSS colors

The nearest match to #93B8E3 in three color systems that designers and builders use.

ΔE is the distance in OKLab: under 2 is hard to see, over 10 is a clearly different color. Browse all RAL colors, the Tailwind palette or the 148 CSS color names. RAL values on screens are only a guide, so check a real color chart before you order paint.

The named colors that look closest to this one (ΔE in OKLab). Browse all shades of blue or search the color library.