#ada4dd

Color #ada4dd

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 18.66 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#ada4dd

RGB

rgb(173, 164, 221)

HSL

hsl(249.5, 45.6%, 75.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(249.5, 25.8%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.7%, 25.8%, 0%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(69.93, 15.08, -27.64)

LCH

lch(69.93, 31.49, 298.62)

OKLCH

oklch(74.7%, 0.0817, 291.54)

HWB

hwb(249.5, 64.3%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d4dda4

Analogous

#a4b8dd

#ada4dd

#caa4dd

Triadic

#ada4dd

#ddada4

#a4ddad

Split-complementary

#ada4dd

#ddcaa4

#b8dda4

Tetradic

#ada4dd

#dda4d4

#d4dda4

#a4ddad

Square

#ada4dd

#dda4b8

#d4dda4

#a4ddca

Shades

Color #ada4dd mixed toward black.

#8375cc

#5947ba

#42348c

#2c235d

#16112f

Tints

Color #ada4dd mixed toward white.

#bbb3e3

#c8c2e8

#d6d2ee

#e4e1f4

#f1f0f9

Tones

Color #ada4dd mixed toward gray.

#b0a9d8

#b4aed4

#b7b2cf

#bab7ca

#bdbcc5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9d1 · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#aaaace · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#adc7c5 · ΔE 24.2

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 19.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ada4dd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ada4dd]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#ada4dd (#ada4dd) is rgb(173, 164, 221) in RGB.

No, #ada4dd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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