#ada5cb

Color #ada5cb

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 14.18 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#ada5cb

RGB

rgb(173, 165, 203)

HSL

hsl(252.6, 26.8%, 72.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(252.6, 18.7%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.8%, 18.7%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(69.55, 10.49, -18.32)

LCH

lch(69.55, 21.11, 299.8)

OKLCH

oklch(74.1%, 0.0548, 294.69)

HWB

hwb(252.6, 64.7%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c3cba5

Analogous

#a5b0cb

#ada5cb

#c0a5cb

Triadic

#ada5cb

#cbada5

#a5cbad

Split-complementary

#ada5cb

#cbc0a5

#b0cba5

Tetradic

#ada5cb

#cba5c3

#c3cba5

#a5cbad

Square

#ada5cb

#cba5b0

#c3cba5

#a5cbc0

Shades

Color #ada5cb mixed toward black.

#8a7eb5

#685a9c

#4e4375

#342d4e

#1a1627

Tints

Color #ada5cb mixed toward white.

#bbb4d4

#c8c3dc

#d6d2e5

#e4e1ee

#f1f0f6

Tones

Color #ada5cb mixed toward gray.

#afa8c8

#b1abc5

#b3afc2

#b4b2be

#b6b5bb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.02:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaac3 · ΔE 5.3

Deuteranopia

#aaabc1 · ΔE 6.5

Tritanopia

#adbcba · ΔE 20.3

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 15.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ada5cb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ada5cb]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#ada5cb (#ada5cb) is rgb(173, 165, 203) in RGB.

No, #ada5cb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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