#ada2dc

Color #ada2dc

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 18.03 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#ada2dc

RGB

rgb(173, 162, 220)

HSL

hsl(251.4, 45.3%, 74.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251.4, 26.4%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.4%, 26.4%, 0%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(69.39, 15.97, -27.92)

LCH

lch(69.39, 32.16, 299.77)

OKLCH

oklch(74.2%, 0.0834, 292.94)

HWB

hwb(251.4, 63.5%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d1dca2

Analogous

#a2b4dc

#ada2dc

#caa2dc

Triadic

#ada2dc

#dcada2

#a2dcad

Split-complementary

#ada2dc

#dccaa2

#b4dca2

Tetradic

#ada2dc

#dca2d1

#d1dca2

#a2dcad

Square

#ada2dc

#dca2b4

#d1dca2

#a2dcca

Shades

Color #ada2dc mixed toward black.

#8474cb

#5c46b9

#45348b

#2e235d

#17112e

Tints

Color #ada2dc mixed toward white.

#bbb2e2

#c8c1e8

#d6d1ed

#e4e0f3

#f1f0f9

Tones

Color #ada2dc mixed toward gray.

#b0a7d7

#b3acd2

#b6b0cd

#b9b5c9

#bcbac4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.98:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8d0 · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#a9aacd · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#acc6c3 · ΔE 24.8

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 19.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ada2dc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ada2dc]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#ada2dc (#ada2dc) is rgb(173, 162, 220) in RGB.

No, #ada2dc 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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