#ad9eed

Color #ad9eed

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 18.75 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#ad9eed

RGB

rgb(173, 158, 237)

HSL

hsl(251.4, 68.7%, 77.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251.4, 33.3%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(27%, 33.3%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(69.08, 22.24, -37.73)

LCH

lch(69.08, 43.8, 300.52)

OKLCH

oklch(74.2%, 0.1131, 292.12)

HWB

hwb(251.4, 62%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#deed9e

Analogous

#9eb7ed

#ad9eed

#d59eed

Triadic

#ad9eed

#edad9e

#9eedad

Split-complementary

#ad9eed

#edd59e

#b7ed9e

Tetradic

#ad9eed

#ed9ede

#deed9e

#9eedad

Square

#ad9eed

#ed9eb7

#deed9e

#9eedd5

Shades

Color #ad9eed mixed toward black.

#7e67e3

#4f2fd8

#391fa7

#26156f

#130a38

Tints

Color #ad9eed mixed toward white.

#bbaef0

#c8bef3

#d6cff6

#e4dff9

#f1effc

Tones

Color #ad9eed mixed toward gray.

#b1a5e6

#b5abe0

#b9b2d9

#bdb8d3

#c2bfcc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.89:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.89:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a7dd · ΔE 5.1

Deuteranopia

#a8a9d9 · ΔE 6.3

Tritanopia

#acd0cc · ΔE 27.4

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 22.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ad9eed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ad9eed]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#ad9eed (#ad9eed) is rgb(173, 158, 237) in RGB.

No, #ad9eed is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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