#ada9e6

Color #ada9e6

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 19.95 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#ada9e6

RGB

rgb(173, 169, 230)

HSL

hsl(243.9, 55%, 78.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.9, 26.5%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.8%, 26.5%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(71.54, 14.4, -30.1)

LCH

lch(71.54, 33.37, 295.57)

OKLCH

oklch(76%, 0.0869, 287.14)

HWB

hwb(243.9, 66.3%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2e6a9

Analogous

#a9c3e6

#ada9e6

#cba9e6

Triadic

#ada9e6

#e6ada9

#a9e6ad

Split-complementary

#ada9e6

#e6cba9

#c3e6a9

Tetradic

#ada9e6

#e6a9e2

#e2e6a9

#a9e6ad

Square

#ada9e6

#e6a9c3

#e2e6a9

#a9e6cb

Shades

Color #ada9e6 mixed toward black.

#7c75d7

#4b42c8

#342d9b

#231e67

#110f34

Tints

Color #ada9e6 mixed toward white.

#bbb7ea

#c8c6ee

#d6d4f2

#e4e2f7

#f1f1fb

Tones

Color #ada9e6 mixed toward gray.

#b1aee1

#b6b3dc

#bab8d7

#bfbdd2

#c3c2cd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.59:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababd9 · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#acacd6 · ΔE 4.3

Tritanopia

#adcecc · ΔE 24.6

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 19.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ada9e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ada9e6]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#ada9e6 (#ada9e6) is rgb(173, 169, 230) in RGB.

No, #ada9e6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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