#ADA2BD#ADA2BD

#ADA2BD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.040 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA2BD
RGB	rgb(173, 162, 189)
HSL	hsl(264, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(264, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 14.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, 9.19, -12.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 15.46, 306.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% 0.0225 -0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.04 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.3375, 38.3991, 53.4736)
Luminance	0.3840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA2BD #B2BDA2

analogous

#A2A5BD #ADA2BD #BBA2BD

triadic

#ADA2BD #BDADA2 #A2BDAD

tetradic

#ADA2BD #BDA2A5 #B2BDA2 #A2BDBB

square

#ADA2BD #BDA2A5 #B2BDA2 #A2BDBB

split-complementary

#ADA2BD #BDBBA2 #A5BDA2

monochromatic

#6F5F86 #8D7EA4 #ADA2BD #CDC6D6 #ECEAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#ADA2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#ADA2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA2BD

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA2BD	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)

#9EA6BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 162, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.040 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bdd0',
    500: '#ada2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada2bd;
$custom-light: #c5bdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.444,
    "s": 16.981,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73032,
    "c": 0.04033,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA2BD

secondary

#DEE1D9

accent

#9B4A7A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA2BD

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

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