#dad9ec

Color #dad9ec

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color Lavender #e6e6fa · ΔE 4.58 Nearest Tailwind class violet-100 #ede9fe · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#dad9ec

RGB

rgb(218, 217, 236)

HSL

hsl(243.2, 33.3%, 88.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(243.2, 8.1%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.6%, 8.1%, 0%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(87.28, 3.89, -9.16)

LCH

lch(87.28, 9.95, 293.01)

OKLCH

oklch(89.2%, 0.0259, 288.23)

HWB

hwb(243.2, 85.1%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebecd9

Analogous

#d9e1ec

#dad9ec

#e3d9ec

Triadic

#dad9ec

#ecdad9

#d9ecda

Split-complementary

#dad9ec

#ece3d9

#e1ecd9

Tetradic

#dad9ec

#ecd9eb

#ebecd9

#d9ecda

Square

#dad9ec

#ecd9e1

#ebecd9

#d9ece3

Shades

Color #dad9ec mixed toward black.

#a9a7d3

#7874ba

#504c97

#353265

#1b1932

Tints

Color #dad9ec mixed toward white.

#e0dfef

#e6e6f2

#ececf5

#f3f2f9

#f9f9fc

Tones

Color #dad9ec mixed toward gray.

#dbdbea

#dddce9

#dedee7

#e0dfe6

#e1e1e4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#dadae8 · ΔE 2.1

Deuteranopia

#dadae7 · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#dae4e3 · ΔE 11.7

Achromatopsia

#dbdbdb · ΔE 8.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #dad9ec;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#dad9ec]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#dad9ec (#dad9ec) is rgb(218, 217, 236) in RGB.

No, #dad9ec 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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