#ada6ce

Color #ada6ce

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 14.65 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#ada6ce

RGB

rgb(173, 166, 206)

HSL

hsl(250.5, 29%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(250.5, 19.4%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(16%, 19.4%, 0%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(69.9, 10.59, -19.43)

LCH

lch(69.9, 22.13, 298.59)

OKLCH

oklch(74.5%, 0.0574, 292.95)

HWB

hwb(250.5, 65.1%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c7cea6

Analogous

#a6b3ce

#ada6ce

#c1a6ce

Triadic

#ada6ce

#ceada6

#a6cead

Split-complementary

#ada6ce

#cec1a6

#b3cea6

Tetradic

#ada6ce

#cea6c7

#c7cea6

#a6cead

Square

#ada6ce

#cea6b3

#c7cea6

#a6cec1

Shades

Color #ada6ce mixed toward black.

#887eb8

#6558a0

#4b4278

#322c50

#191628

Tints

Color #ada6ce mixed toward white.

#bbb5d6

#c8c4de

#d6d2e6

#e4e1ef

#f1f0f7

Tones

Color #ada6ce mixed toward gray.

#afa9cb

#b1adc7

#b3b0c4

#b6b3c1

#b8b7bd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaac5 · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#aaabc3 · ΔE 6

Tritanopia

#adbebc · ΔE 20.9

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 16

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ada6ce;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ada6ce]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#ada6ce (#ada6ce) is rgb(173, 166, 206) in RGB.

No, #ada6ce 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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