#ADA1BC#ADA1BC

#ADA1BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.041 H 305.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA1BC
RGB	rgb(173, 161, 188)
HSL	hsl(267, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(267, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 14.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, 9.54, -12.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 15.57, 307.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% 0.0236 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.041 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0539, 38.0049, 52.8454)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA1BC #B0BCA1

analogous

#A1A2BC #ADA1BC #BAA1BC

triadic

#ADA1BC #BCADA1 #A1BCAD

tetradic

#ADA1BC #BCA1A2 #B0BCA1 #A1BCBA

square

#ADA1BC #BCA1A2 #B0BCA1 #A1BCBA

split-complementary

#ADA1BC #BCBAA1 #A2BCA1

monochromatic

#6F5E84 #8E7DA3 #ADA1BC #CCC5D5 #EBE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#ADA1BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#ADA1BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA1BC

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA1BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA1BC	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada1bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 161, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.041 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bcd0',
    500: '#ada1bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada1bc;
$custom-light: #c5bcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada1bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 16.77,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72796,
    "c": 0.04068,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA1BC

secondary

#DDE0D8

accent

#9B4A77

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA1BC

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

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