#ADA0CD#ADA0CD

#ADA0CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.066 H 298.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA0CD
RGB	rgb(173, 160, 205)
HSL	hsl(257, 31%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(257, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 22%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, 13.71, -21.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 25.30, 302.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% 0.0308 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.066 298)
XYZ	xyz(40.8215, 38.4335, 63.0136)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA0CD #C0CDA0

analogous

#A0AACD #ADA0CD #C4A0CD

triadic

#ADA0CD #CDADA0 #A0CDAD

tetradic

#ADA0CD #CDA0AA #C0CDA0 #A0CDC4

square

#ADA0CD #CDA0AA #C0CDA0 #A0CDC4

split-complementary

#ADA0CD #CDC4A0 #AACDA0

monochromatic

#69549F #8A78B8 #ADA0CD #D0C8E2 #EEEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#ADA0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#ADA0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA0CD

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA0CD	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 160, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.066 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bcdc',
    500: '#ada0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada0cd;
$custom-light: #c5bcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.333,
    "s": 31.034,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73229,
    "c": 0.06568,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.38434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA0CD

secondary

#E7EADF

accent

#AA3C8A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA0CD

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

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