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#ADA9BB

#ada9bb ≈ Rose Quartz

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: almost no
  • Neutral
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#ada9bb is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and almost no saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.84% red, 66.27% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 7.49% cyan, 9.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 253.33°, with 11.69% saturation and 69.8% lightness in HSL. It is a neutral color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Rose Quartz (#aa98a9), ΔE 7.

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Relative luminance0.4085

Complementary

  1. #ada9bb
  2. #b7bba9

Split complementary

  1. #ada9bb
  2. #bbb6a9
  3. #aebba9

Analogous

  1. #a9aebb
  2. #ada9bb
  3. #b6a9bb

Triadic

  1. #ada9bb
  2. #bbada9
  3. #a9bbad

Tetradic

  1. #ada9bb
  2. #bba9b7
  3. #b7bba9
  4. #a9bbad

Square

  1. #ada9bb
  2. #bba9ae
  3. #b7bba9
  4. #a9bbb6

Monochromatic

  1. #5f5a71
  2. #847e99
  3. #ada9bb
  4. #d6d4dd
  5. #f4f4f6

Shades

#ada9bb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ada9bb
  2. #9c98a8
  3. #8a8796
  4. #797683
  5. #686570
  6. #57555e
  7. #45444b
  8. #343338
  9. #232225
  10. #111113
  11. #000000

Tints

#ada9bb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ada9bb
  2. #b5b2c2
  3. #bdbac9
  4. #c6c3cf
  5. #cecbd6
  6. #d6d4dd
  7. #dedde4
  8. #e6e5eb
  9. #efeef1
  10. #f7f6f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ada9bb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ada9bb
  2. #a9a5b5
  3. #a4a1af
  4. #a09da9
  5. #9b99a3
  6. #97959e
  7. #929098
  8. #8e8c92
  9. #89888c
  10. #858486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #acaab2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a6abbc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a6abba ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ababaf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9aabc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a9aabb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #acabb4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ada9bb {
  color: #ada9bb;
}
Background
.bg-ada9bb {
  background-color: #ada9bb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ada9bb {
  border: 2px solid #ada9bb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ada9bb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 173 169 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 253 12% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ada9bb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ada9bb, #b6a9bb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ada9bb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(173 169 187 / 0.35);
}

#aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 7.00 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 7.08 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.81 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.02 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 9.09 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 9.09 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 9.67 #525644 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Rose Quartz
#ada9bb  rgb(173, 169, 187)  hsl(253, 12%, 70%)  Rose Quartz
#b7bba9  rgb(183, 187, 169)  hsl(73, 12%, 70%)  Ash Gray
#bbada9  rgb(187, 173, 169)  hsl(13, 12%, 70%)  Silver Pink
#a9bbad  rgb(169, 187, 173)  hsl(133, 12%, 70%)  Ash Gray