#ad97ba

Color #ad97ba

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 15.88 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#ad97ba

RGB

rgb(173, 151, 186)

HSL

hsl(277.7, 20.2%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.7, 18.8%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(7%, 18.8%, 0%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(65.41, 14.72, -15.13)

LCH

lch(65.41, 21.11, 314.21)

OKLCH

oklch(70.7%, 0.0558, 312.96)

HWB

hwb(277.7, 59.2%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a4ba97

Analogous

#9c97ba

#ad97ba

#ba97b6

Triadic

#ad97ba

#baad97

#97baad

Split-complementary

#ad97ba

#b6ba97

#97ba9c

Tetradic

#ad97ba

#ba97a4

#a4ba97

#97baad

Square

#ad97ba

#ba9c97

#a4ba97

#97b6ba

Shades

Color #ad97ba mixed toward black.

#9275a4

#765a87

#594365

#3b2d44

#1e1622

Tints

Color #ad97ba mixed toward white.

#bba8c6

#c8bad1

#d6cbdd

#e4dce8

#f1eef4

Tones

Color #ad97ba mixed toward gray.

#ac9ab7

#ac9db4

#aba0b1

#aaa3ae

#a9a6ab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.91:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a4a4b2 · ΔE 11.4

Deuteranopia

#a5a7b0 · ΔE 14

Tritanopia

#acacab · ΔE 17.9

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 16.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #ad97ba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ad97ba]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ad97ba (#ad97ba) is rgb(173, 151, 186) in RGB.

No, #ad97ba is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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