#ada5b1

Color #ada5b1

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.28 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#ada5b1

RGB

rgb(173, 165, 177)

HSL

hsl(280, 7.1%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 6.8%, 69.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.3%, 6.8%, 0%, 30.6%)

LAB

lab(68.73, 5.13, -5.14)

LCH

lch(68.73, 7.26, 314.94)

OKLCH

oklch(73.2%, 0.0192, 314.58)

HWB

hwb(280, 64.7%, 30.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9b1a5

Analogous

#a7a5b1

#ada5b1

#b1a5af

Triadic

#ada5b1

#b1ada5

#a5b1ad

Split-complementary

#ada5b1

#afb1a5

#a5b1a7

Tetradic

#ada5b1

#b1a5a9

#a9b1a5

#a5b1ad

Square

#ada5b1

#b1a7a5

#a9b1a5

#a5afb1

Shades

Color #ada5b1 mixed toward black.

#918797

#756a7a

#584f5c

#3a353d

#1d1a1f

Tints

Color #ada5b1 mixed toward white.

#bbb4be

#c8c3cb

#d6d2d8

#e4e1e5

#f1f0f2

Tones

Color #ada5b1 mixed toward gray.

#ada6b0

#aca7af

#aca8ae

#aca9ad

#abaaac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaaae · ΔE 5.9

Deuteranopia

#aaabae · ΔE 6.8

Tritanopia

#adacab · ΔE 8

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 7.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ada5b1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ada5b1]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#ada5b1 (#ada5b1) is rgb(173, 165, 177) in RGB.

No, #ada5b1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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