#ada5ed

Color #ada5ed

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 19.05 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#ada5ed

RGB

rgb(173, 165, 237)

HSL

hsl(246.7, 66.7%, 78.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(246.7, 30.4%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(27%, 30.4%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(70.81, 18.31, -35.04)

LCH

lch(70.81, 39.54, 297.59)

OKLCH

oklch(75.5%, 0.1026, 288.77)

HWB

hwb(246.7, 64.7%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e5eda5

Analogous

#a5c1ed

#ada5ed

#d1a5ed

Triadic

#ada5ed

#edada5

#a5edad

Split-complementary

#ada5ed

#edd1a5

#c1eda5

Tetradic

#ada5ed

#eda5e5

#e5eda5

#a5edad

Square

#ada5ed

#eda5c1

#e5eda5

#a5edd1

Shades

Color #ada5ed mixed toward black.

#7a6de2

#4735d7

#3021a7

#201670

#100b38

Tints

Color #ada5ed mixed toward white.

#bbb4f0

#c8c3f3

#d6d2f6

#e4e1f9

#f1f0fc

Tones

Color #ada5ed mixed toward gray.

#b2abe7

#b6b1e1

#bbb7db

#c0bdd5

#c4c3cf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.38:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.38:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaade · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#aaabdb · ΔE 4.8

Tritanopia

#add2cf · ΔE 26.2

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 21.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ada5ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ada5ed]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#ada5ed (#ada5ed) is rgb(173, 165, 237) in RGB.

No, #ada5ed is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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