#ada3b2

Color #ada3b2

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.15 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#ada3b2

RGB

rgb(173, 163, 178)

HSL

hsl(280, 8.9%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 8.4%, 69.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.8%, 8.4%, 0%, 30.2%)

LAB

lab(68.24, 6.43, -6.43)

LCH

lch(68.24, 9.09, 315)

OKLCH

oklch(72.9%, 0.024, 314.66)

HWB

hwb(280, 63.9%, 30.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8b2a3

Analogous

#a6a3b2

#ada3b2

#b2a3b0

Triadic

#ada3b2

#b2ada3

#a3b2ad

Split-complementary

#ada3b2

#b0b2a3

#a3b2a6

Tetradic

#ada3b2

#b2a3a8

#a8b2a3

#a3b2ad

Square

#ada3b2

#b2a6a3

#a8b2a3

#a3b0b2

Shades

Color #ada3b2 mixed toward black.

#928498

#75687c

#584e5d

#3b343e

#1d1a1f

Tints

Color #ada3b2 mixed toward white.

#bbb2bf

#c8c2cc

#d6d1d9

#e4e0e5

#f1f0f2

Tones

Color #ada3b2 mixed toward gray.

#ada4b1

#aca6b0

#aca7ae

#aba8ad

#aba9ac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.66:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9af · ΔE 6.7

Deuteranopia

#a9aaae · ΔE 7.9

Tritanopia

#adacab · ΔE 9.6

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 9.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ada3b2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ada3b2]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#ada3b2 (#ada3b2) is rgb(173, 163, 178) in RGB.

No, #ada3b2 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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