#ada9db

Color #ada9db

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 17.78 Nearest Tailwind class violet-300 #c4b4ff · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#ada9db

RGB

rgb(173, 169, 219)

HSL

hsl(244.8, 41%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(244.8, 22.8%, 85.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(21%, 22.8%, 0%, 14.1%)

LAB

lab(71.13, 11.84, -24.71)

LCH

lch(71.13, 27.4, 295.6)

OKLCH

oklch(75.6%, 0.0713, 288.23)

HWB

hwb(244.8, 66.3%, 14.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d7dba9

Analogous

#a9bedb

#ada9db

#c6a9db

Triadic

#ada9db

#dbada9

#a9dbad

Split-complementary

#ada9db

#dbc6a9

#bedba9

Tetradic

#ada9db

#dba9d7

#d7dba9

#a9dbad

Square

#ada9db

#dba9be

#d7dba9

#a9dbc6

Shades

Color #ada9db mixed toward black.

#827bc8

#564eb5

#403989

#2a265b

#15132e

Tints

Color #ada9db mixed toward white.

#bbb7e1

#c8c6e7

#d6d4ed

#e4e2f3

#f1f1f9

Tones

Color #ada9db mixed toward gray.

#b1add7

#b4b1d3

#b8b6cf

#bbbaca

#bfbec6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.47:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababd0 · ΔE 3.4

Deuteranopia

#acacce · ΔE 4.4

Tritanopia

#adc7c5 · ΔE 23.2

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 17.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ada9db;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ada9db]

Related colors

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#ada9db (#ada9db) is rgb(173, 169, 219) in RGB.

No, #ada9db is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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