#ADA0CC#ADA0CC

#ADA0CC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.064 H 298.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA0CC
RGB	rgb(173, 160, 204)
HSL	hsl(258, 30%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(258, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 21.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, 13.49, -20.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 24.76, 303.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% 0.0305 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.064 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.7012, 38.3853, 62.3799)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA0CC #BFCCA0

analogous

#A0A9CC #ADA0CC #C3A0CC

triadic

#ADA0CC #CCADA0 #A0CCAD

tetradic

#ADA0CC #CCA0A9 #BFCCA0 #A0CCC3

square

#ADA0CC #CCA0A9 #BFCCA0 #A0CCC3

split-complementary

#ADA0CC #CCC3A0 #A9CCA0

monochromatic

#6A549D #8B78B7 #ADA0CC #CFC8E1 #EEEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#ADA0CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#ADA0CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA0CC

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA0CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA0CC	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada0cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 160, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.064 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bcdb',
    500: '#ada0cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada0cc;
$custom-light: #c5bcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada0cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.727,
    "s": 30.137,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7319,
    "c": 0.06429,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA0CC

secondary

#E6EADE

accent

#A93D89

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA0CC

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

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