#ada3bd

Color #ada3bd

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 12.7 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#ada3bd

RGB

rgb(173, 163, 189)

HSL

hsl(263.1, 16.5%, 69%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(263.1, 13.8%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.5%, 13.8%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(68.57, 8.64, -12.04)

LCH

lch(68.57, 14.82, 305.66)

OKLCH

oklch(73.2%, 0.0386, 302.95)

HWB

hwb(263.1, 63.9%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b3bda3

Analogous

#a3a6bd

#ada3bd

#baa3bd

Triadic

#ada3bd

#bdada3

#a3bdad

Split-complementary

#ada3bd

#bdbaa3

#a6bda3

Tetradic

#ada3bd

#bda3b3

#b3bda3

#a3bdad

Square

#ada3bd

#bda3a6

#b3bda3

#a3bdba

Shades

Color #ada3bd mixed toward black.

#8f81a5

#716289

#554966

#383144

#1c1822

Tints

Color #ada3bd mixed toward white.

#bbb2c8

#c8c2d3

#d6d1de

#e4e0e9

#f1f0f4

Tones

Color #ada3bd mixed toward gray.

#ada5bb

#aea7b9

#aea9b6

#afacb4

#afaeb2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9b7 · ΔE 6.7

Deuteranopia

#a9aab6 · ΔE 7.8

Tritanopia

#adb2b1 · ΔE 15

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 12.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ada3bd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ada3bd]

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Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#ada3bd (#ada3bd) is rgb(173, 163, 189) in RGB.

No, #ada3bd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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