#ADA1CD#ADA1CD

#ADA1CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.064 H 297.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA1CD
RGB	rgb(173, 161, 205)
HSL	hsl(256, 31%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(256, 21%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 21.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, 13.15, -20.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 24.67, 302.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% 0.0294 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.064 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.9956, 38.7816, 63.0716)
Luminance	0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA1CD #C1CDA1

analogous

#A1ABCD #ADA1CD #C3A1CD

triadic

#ADA1CD #CDADA1 #A1CDAD

tetradic

#ADA1CD #CDA1AB #C1CDA1 #A1CDC3

square

#ADA1CD #CDA1AB #C1CDA1 #A1CDC3

split-complementary

#ADA1CD #CDC3A1 #ABCDA1

monochromatic

#69559F #8A79B8 #ADA1CD #D0C9E2 #EEEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#ADA1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#ADA1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA1CD

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA1CD	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 161, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.064 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bcdc',
    500: '#ada1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada1cd;
$custom-light: #c5bcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 30.556,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73425,
    "c": 0.06404,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA1CD

secondary

#E7EADF

accent

#A93C8C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA1CD

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

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