#ada1b0

Color #ada1b0

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.58 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#ada1b0

RGB

rgb(173, 161, 176)

HSL

hsl(288, 8.7%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(288, 8.5%, 69%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.7%, 8.5%, 0%, 31%)

LAB

lab(67.66, 7.15, -6.17)

LCH

lch(67.66, 9.44, 319.21)

OKLCH

oklch(72.4%, 0.0253, 319.5)

HWB

hwb(288, 63.1%, 31%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a4b0a1

Analogous

#a6a1b0

#ada1b0

#b0a1ac

Triadic

#ada1b0

#b0ada1

#a1b0ad

Split-complementary

#ada1b0

#acb0a1

#a1b0a6

Tetradic

#ada1b0

#b0a1a4

#a4b0a1

#a1b0ad

Square

#ada1b0

#b0a6a1

#a4b0a1

#a1acb0

Shades

Color #ada1b0 mixed toward black.

#928296

#76677a

#594d5c

#3b333d

#1e1a1f

Tints

Color #ada1b0 mixed toward white.

#bbb1bd

#c8c0ca

#d6d0d8

#e4e0e5

#f1eff2

Tones

Color #ada1b0 mixed toward gray.

#aca2af

#aca4ae

#aba5ac

#aaa6ab

#a9a7aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8ad · ΔE 7.7

Deuteranopia

#a9aaac · ΔE 9.4

Tritanopia

#acaaa9 · ΔE 9.7

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 9.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ada1b0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ada1b0]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#ada1b0 (#ada1b0) is rgb(173, 161, 176) in RGB.

No, #ada1b0 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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