#ADA2C8#ADA2C8

#ADA2C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.055 H 298.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA2C8
RGB	rgb(173, 162, 200)
HSL	hsl(257, 26%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(257, 19%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 19%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, 11.51, -17.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 21.35, 302.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% 0.0263 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.055 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.5771, 38.8949, 60.0021)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA2C8 #BDC8A2

analogous

#A2AAC8 #ADA2C8 #C0A2C8

triadic

#ADA2C8 #C8ADA2 #A2C8AD

tetradic

#ADA2C8 #C8A2AA #BDC8A2 #A2C8C0

square

#ADA2C8 #C8A2AA #BDC8A2 #A2C8C0

split-complementary

#ADA2C8 #C8C0A2 #AAC8A2

monochromatic

#6B5997 #8B7CB1 #ADA2C8 #CFC8DF #EEECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#ADA2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#ADA2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA2C8

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA2C8	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA8CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA7C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 162, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.055 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bdd8',
    500: '#ada2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada2c8;
$custom-light: #c5bdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.368,
    "s": 25.676,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73432,
    "c": 0.05546,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA2C8

secondary

#E5E8DE

accent

#A44188

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA2C8

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

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