#dad8e6

Color #dad8e6

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color Lavender #e6e6fa · ΔE 5.85 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-300 #d7d0d7 · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#dad8e6

RGB

rgb(218, 216, 230)

HSL

hsl(248.6, 21.9%, 87.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(248.6, 6.1%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.2%, 6.1%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(86.86, 3.26, -6.61)

LCH

lch(86.86, 7.37, 296.25)

OKLCH

oklch(88.8%, 0.0191, 292.41)

HWB

hwb(248.6, 84.7%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4e6d8

Analogous

#d8dde6

#dad8e6

#e1d8e6

Triadic

#dad8e6

#e6dad8

#d8e6da

Split-complementary

#dad8e6

#e6e1d8

#dde6d8

Tetradic

#dad8e6

#e6d8e4

#e4e6d8

#d8e6da

Square

#dad8e6

#e6d8dd

#e4e6d8

#d8e6e1

Shades

Color #dad8e6 mixed toward black.

#afabc9

#847dac

#5e5788

#3f3a5b

#1f1d2d

Tints

Color #dad8e6 mixed toward white.

#e0dfea

#e6e5ee

#edecf3

#f3f2f7

#f9f9fb

Tones

Color #dad8e6 mixed toward gray.

#dbd9e5

#dcdae4

#dddce3

#dddde1

#dedee0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d9d9e3 · ΔE 2.1

Deuteranopia

#d9d9e2 · ΔE 2.6

Tritanopia

#dae0df · ΔE 9.1

Achromatopsia

#d9d9d9 · ΔE 6.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #dad8e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#dad8e6]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Frequently asked questions

#dad8e6 (#dad8e6) is rgb(218, 216, 230) in RGB.

No, #dad8e6 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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