#ada8f1

Color #ada8f1

A vivid, highly saturated very light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 18.61 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#ada8f1

RGB

rgb(173, 168, 241)

HSL

hsl(244.1, 72.3%, 80.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244.1, 30.3%, 94.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.2%, 30.3%, 0%, 5.5%)

LAB

lab(71.72, 17.6, -35.81)

LCH

lch(71.72, 39.9, 296.17)

OKLCH

oklch(76.3%, 0.1037, 286.81)

HWB

hwb(244.1, 65.9%, 5.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ecf1a8

Analogous

#a8c8f1

#ada8f1

#d1a8f1

Triadic

#ada8f1

#f1ada8

#a8f1ad

Split-complementary

#ada8f1

#f1d1a8

#c8f1a8

Tetradic

#ada8f1

#f1a8ec

#ecf1a8

#a8f1ad

Square

#ada8f1

#f1a8c8

#ecf1a8

#a8f1d1

Shades

Color #ada8f1 mixed toward black.

#766de8

#3e33de

#261cb0

#1a1375

#0d093b

Tints

Color #ada8f1 mixed toward white.

#bbb7f3

#c8c5f6

#d6d4f8

#e4e2fa

#f1f1fd

Tones

Color #ada8f1 mixed toward gray.

#b2aeeb

#b7b4e5

#bdbadf

#c2c0d9

#c7c6d3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.65:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababe2 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#abacde · ΔE 4.4

Tritanopia

#add5d2 · ΔE 26.3

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 21.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ada8f1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ada8f1]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#ada8f1 (#ada8f1) is rgb(173, 168, 241) in RGB.

No, #ada8f1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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