#ada8e2

Color #ada8e2

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Plum #dda0dd · ΔE 19.77 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#ada8e2

RGB

rgb(173, 168, 226)

HSL

hsl(245.2, 50%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(245.2, 25.7%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.5%, 25.7%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(71.13, 14.01, -28.53)

LCH

lch(71.13, 31.78, 296.15)

OKLCH

oklch(75.6%, 0.0827, 288.17)

HWB

hwb(245.2, 65.9%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dde2a8

Analogous

#a8c0e2

#ada8e2

#caa8e2

Triadic

#ada8e2

#e2ada8

#a8e2ad

Split-complementary

#ada8e2

#e2caa8

#c0e2a8

Tetradic

#ada8e2

#e2a8dd

#dde2a8

#a8e2ad

Square

#ada8e2

#e2a8c0

#dde2a8

#a8e2ca

Shades

Color #ada8e2 mixed toward black.

#7f77d2

#5046c1

#3a3194

#272163

#131031

Tints

Color #ada8e2 mixed toward white.

#bbb7e7

#c8c5ec

#d6d4f1

#e4e2f5

#f1f1fa

Tones

Color #ada8e2 mixed toward gray.

#b1addd

#b5b2d8

#b9b7d4

#bdbbcf

#c1c0ca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababd6 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#abacd3 · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#adccc9 · ΔE 24.8

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 19.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ada8e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ada8e2]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#ada8e2 (#ada8e2) is rgb(173, 168, 226) in RGB.

No, #ada8e2 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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