#ada1bd

Color #ada1bd

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 13.01 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#ada1bd

RGB

rgb(173, 161, 189)

HSL

hsl(265.7, 17.5%, 68.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(265.7, 14.8%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.5%, 14.8%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(68.06, 9.75, -12.81)

LCH

lch(68.06, 16.1, 307.28)

OKLCH

oklch(72.8%, 0.042, 304.82)

HWB

hwb(265.7, 63.1%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b1bda1

Analogous

#a1a3bd

#ada1bd

#bba1bd

Triadic

#ada1bd

#bdada1

#a1bdad

Split-complementary

#ada1bd

#bdbba1

#a3bda1

Tetradic

#ada1bd

#bda1b1

#b1bda1

#a1bdad

Square

#ada1bd

#bda1a3

#b1bda1

#a1bdbb

Shades

Color #ada1bd mixed toward black.

#8f7fa5

#726089

#554867

#393045

#1c1822

Tints

Color #ada1bd mixed toward white.

#bbb1c8

#c8c0d3

#d6d0de

#e4e0e9

#f1eff4

Tones

Color #ada1bd mixed toward gray.

#ada3bb

#aea6b8

#aea8b6

#aeaab4

#afadb1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.61:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8b7 · ΔE 7.4

Deuteranopia

#a9aab5 · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#acb2b0 · ΔE 16.6

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 13.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ada1bd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ada1bd]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Medium Purple #9370db

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#ada1bd (#ada1bd) is rgb(173, 161, 189) in RGB.

No, #ada1bd 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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