#ada9af

Color #ada9af

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light purple.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 3.66 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-400 #9f9fa9 · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#ada9af

RGB

rgb(173, 169, 175)

HSL

hsl(280, 3.6%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 3.4%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.1%, 3.4%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(69.72, 2.56, -2.57)

LCH

lch(69.72, 3.63, 314.89)

OKLCH

oklch(74%, 0.0096, 315)

HWB

hwb(280, 66.3%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#abafa9

Analogous

#aaa9af

#ada9af

#afa9ae

Triadic

#ada9af

#afada9

#a9afad

Split-complementary

#ada9af

#aeafa9

#a9afaa

Tetradic

#ada9af

#afa9ab

#abafa9

#a9afad

Square

#ada9af

#afaaa9

#abafa9

#a9aeaf

Shades

Color #ada9af mixed toward black.

#918b93

#746f77

#575359

#3a373b

#1d1c1e

Tints

Color #ada9af mixed toward white.

#bbb7bc

#c8c6ca

#d6d4d7

#e4e2e4

#f1f1f2

Tones

Color #ada9af mixed toward gray.

#adaaaf

#adaaae

#adabae

#acabad

#acacad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.07:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababae · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#acacad · ΔE 3.7

Tritanopia

#adacac · ΔE 3.9

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 4.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ada9af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ada9af]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#ada9af (#ada9af) is rgb(173, 169, 175) in RGB.

No, #ada9af 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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