#ada4af

Color #ada4af

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.01 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 1.8

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Conversions

HEX

#ada4af

RGB

rgb(173, 164, 175)

HSL

hsl(289.1, 6.4%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(289.1, 6.3%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.1%, 6.3%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(68.41, 5.3, -4.51)

LCH

lch(68.41, 6.96, 319.6)

OKLCH

oklch(73%, 0.0187, 320)

HWB

hwb(289.1, 64.3%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a6afa4

Analogous

#a8a4af

#ada4af

#afa4ac

Triadic

#ada4af

#afada4

#a4afad

Split-complementary

#ada4af

#acafa4

#a4afa8

Tetradic

#ada4af

#afa4a6

#a6afa4

#a4afad

Square

#ada4af

#afa8a4

#a6afa4

#a4acaf

Shades

Color #ada4af mixed toward black.

#928695

#766a78

#584f5a

#3b353c

#1d1a1e

Tints

Color #ada4af mixed toward white.

#bbb3bc

#c8c2ca

#d6d2d7

#e4e1e4

#f1f0f2

Tones

Color #ada4af mixed toward gray.

#aca5ae

#aca6ad

#aba7ac

#aba8ab

#aaa9aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.71:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9ac · ΔE 6.3

Deuteranopia

#aaaaac · ΔE 6.7

Tritanopia

#adaaaa · ΔE 6.6

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 7.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ada4af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ada4af]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Frequently asked questions

#ada4af (#ada4af) is rgb(173, 164, 175) in RGB.

No, #ada4af is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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