#ADA0BD#ADA0BD

#ADA0BD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.044 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA0BD
RGB	rgb(173, 160, 189)
HSL	hsl(267, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(267, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 15.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, 10.30, -13.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 16.74, 307.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% 0.0255 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.044 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9880, 37.7001, 53.3571)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA0BD #B0BDA0

analogous

#A0A1BD #ADA0BD #BBA0BD

triadic

#ADA0BD #BDADA0 #A0BDAD

tetradic

#ADA0BD #BDA0A1 #B0BDA0 #A0BDBB

square

#ADA0BD #BDA0A1 #B0BDA0 #A0BDBB

split-complementary

#ADA0BD #BDBBA0 #A1BDA0

monochromatic

#6F5D86 #8E7CA4 #ADA0BD #CCC4D6 #EBE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#ADA0BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#ADA0BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA0BD

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA0BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA0BD	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada0bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 160, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.044 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bcd0',
    500: '#ada0bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada0bd;
$custom-light: #c5bcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada0bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.897,
    "s": 18.012,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72631,
    "c": 0.04376,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA0BD

secondary

#DDE1D8

accent

#9C4977

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA0BD

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

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