#ada9cb

Color #ada9cb

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 12.48 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#ada9cb

RGB

rgb(173, 169, 203)

HSL

hsl(247.1, 24.6%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.1, 16.7%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.8%, 16.7%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(70.57, 8.27, -16.76)

LCH

lch(70.57, 18.69, 296.26)

OKLCH

oklch(74.9%, 0.0486, 290.6)

HWB

hwb(247.1, 66.3%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c7cba9

Analogous

#a9b6cb

#ada9cb

#bea9cb

Triadic

#ada9cb

#cbada9

#a9cbad

Split-complementary

#ada9cb

#cbbea9

#b6cba9

Tetradic

#ada9cb

#cba9c7

#c7cba9

#a9cbad

Square

#ada9cb

#cba9b6

#c7cba9

#a9cbbe

Shades

Color #ada9cb mixed toward black.

#8882b4

#655d9a

#4b4674

#322f4d

#191727

Tints

Color #ada9cb mixed toward white.

#bbb7d4

#c8c6dc

#d6d4e5

#e4e2ee

#f1f1f6

Tones

Color #ada9cb mixed toward gray.

#afacc8

#b1afc5

#b3b1c2

#b6b4c0

#b8b7bd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababc3 · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#acacc2 · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#adbdbc · ΔE 18.7

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 14.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ada9cb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ada9cb]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#ada9cb (#ada9cb) is rgb(173, 169, 203) in RGB.

No, #ada9cb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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