#ada4b2

Color #ada4b2

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.46 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#ada4b2

RGB

rgb(173, 164, 178)

HSL

hsl(278.6, 8.3%, 67.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(278.6, 7.9%, 69.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.8%, 7.9%, 0%, 30.2%)

LAB

lab(68.5, 5.88, -6.04)

LCH

lch(68.5, 8.43, 314.23)

OKLCH

oklch(73.1%, 0.0223, 313.73)

HWB

hwb(278.6, 64.3%, 30.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9b2a4

Analogous

#a6a4b2

#ada4b2

#b2a4b0

Triadic

#ada4b2

#b2ada4

#a4b2ad

Split-complementary

#ada4b2

#b0b2a4

#a4b2a6

Tetradic

#ada4b2

#b2a4a9

#a9b2a4

#a4b2ad

Square

#ada4b2

#b2a6a4

#a9b2a4

#a4b0b2

Shades

Color #ada4b2 mixed toward black.

#918598

#75697c

#584e5d

#3a343e

#1d1a1f

Tints

Color #ada4b2 mixed toward white.

#bbb3bf

#c8c2cc

#d6d2d9

#e4e1e5

#f1f0f2

Tones

Color #ada4b2 mixed toward gray.

#ada5b1

#aca6b0

#aca8af

#aca9ad

#abaaac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.73:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9af · ΔE 6

Deuteranopia

#aaaaae · ΔE 6.9

Tritanopia

#adacac · ΔE 8.4

Achromatopsia

#a7a7a7 · ΔE 8.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ada4b2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ada4b2]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#ada4b2 (#ada4b2) is rgb(173, 164, 178) in RGB.

No, #ada4b2 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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