#ADA0BF#ADA0BF

#ADA0BF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.046 H 304.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA0BF
RGB	rgb(173, 160, 191)
HSL	hsl(265, 19%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(265, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 16.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, 10.72, -14.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 17.80, 307.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% 0.0262 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.046 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.2066, 37.7875, 54.5083)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA0BF #B2BFA0

analogous

#A0A3BF #ADA0BF #BDA0BF

triadic

#ADA0BF #BFADA0 #A0BFAD

tetradic

#ADA0BF #BFA0A3 #B2BFA0 #A0BFBD

square

#ADA0BF #BFA0A3 #B2BFA0 #A0BFBD

split-complementary

#ADA0BF #BFBDA0 #A3BFA0

monochromatic

#6F5C89 #8D7BA6 #ADA0BF #CDC5D8 #ECE9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#ADA0BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#ADA0BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA0BF

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA0BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA0BF	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA5C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada0bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 160, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.046 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bcd2',
    500: '#ada0bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada0bf;
$custom-light: #c5bcd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada0bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.161,
    "s": 19.497,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72703,
    "c": 0.04645,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA0BF

secondary

#DEE2D9

accent

#9E487A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA0BF

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

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