#ada9ca

Color #ada9ca

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 12.28 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 8.9

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Conversions

HEX

#ada9ca

RGB

rgb(173, 169, 202)

HSL

hsl(247.3, 23.7%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(247.3, 16.3%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(14.4%, 16.3%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(70.54, 8.06, -16.26)

LCH

lch(70.54, 18.15, 296.37)

OKLCH

oklch(74.9%, 0.0472, 290.74)

HWB

hwb(247.3, 66.3%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c6caa9

Analogous

#a9b5ca

#ada9ca

#bda9ca

Triadic

#ada9ca

#caada9

#a9caad

Split-complementary

#ada9ca

#cabda9

#b5caa9

Tetradic

#ada9ca

#caa9c6

#c6caa9

#a9caad

Square

#ada9ca

#caa9b5

#c6caa9

#a9cabd

Shades

Color #ada9ca mixed toward black.

#8883b2

#655e99

#4c4773

#332f4c

#191826

Tints

Color #ada9ca mixed toward white.

#bbb7d3

#c8c6dc

#d6d4e4

#e4e2ed

#f1f1f6

Tones

Color #ada9ca mixed toward gray.

#afacc7

#b1aec4

#b3b1c2

#b5b4bf

#b7b7bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.3:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababc3 · ΔE 3.6

Deuteranopia

#acacc1 · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#adbdbb · ΔE 18.8

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 13.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ada9ca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ada9ca]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#ada9ca (#ada9ca) is rgb(173, 169, 202) in RGB.

No, #ada9ca is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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