#ada8cb

Color #ada8cb

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 13.11 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#ada8cb

RGB

rgb(173, 168, 203)

HSL

hsl(248.6, 25.2%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.6, 17.2%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.8%, 17.2%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(70.32, 8.82, -17.15)

LCH

lch(70.32, 19.29, 297.22)

OKLCH

oklch(74.7%, 0.0501, 291.65)

HWB

hwb(248.6, 65.9%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c6cba8

Analogous

#a8b4cb

#ada8cb

#bea8cb

Triadic

#ada8cb

#cbada8

#a8cbad

Split-complementary

#ada8cb

#cbbea8

#b4cba8

Tetradic

#ada8cb

#cba8c6

#c6cba8

#a8cbad

Square

#ada8cb

#cba8b4

#c6cba8

#a8cbbe

Shades

Color #ada8cb mixed toward black.

#8881b4

#655c9b

#4c4574

#332e4d

#191727

Tints

Color #ada8cb mixed toward white.

#bbb6d4

#c8c5dc

#d6d3e5

#e4e2ee

#f1f0f6

Tones

Color #ada8cb mixed toward gray.

#afabc8

#b1aec5

#b3b1c2

#b5b4bf

#b7b6bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababc3 · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#abacc1 · ΔE 5.6

Tritanopia

#adbdbb · ΔE 19.4

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 14.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ada8cb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ada8cb]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#ada8cb (#ada8cb) is rgb(173, 168, 203) in RGB.

No, #ada8cb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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