#ADA0BC#ADA0BC

#ADA0BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.042 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA0BC
RGB	rgb(173, 160, 188)
HSL	hsl(268, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(268, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 14.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, 10.10, -12.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 16.22, 308.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% 0.0251 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.042 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.8799, 37.6568, 52.7874)
Luminance	0.3766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA0BC #AFBCA0

analogous

#A0A1BC #ADA0BC #BBA0BC

triadic

#ADA0BC #BCADA0 #A0BCAD

tetradic

#ADA0BC #BCA0A1 #AFBCA0 #A0BCBB

square

#ADA0BC #BCA0A1 #AFBCA0 #A0BCBB

split-complementary

#ADA0BC #BCBBA0 #A1BCA0

monochromatic

#6F5D84 #8E7CA3 #ADA0BC #CCC4D5 #EBE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#ADA0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#ADA0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA0BC

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA0BC	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 160, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.042 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bcd0',
    500: '#ada0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada0bc;
$custom-light: #c5bcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.857,
    "s": 17.284,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72596,
    "c": 0.04242,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA0BC

secondary

#DCE0D8

accent

#9C4A76

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA0BC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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