#ADA3BD#ADA3BD

#ADA3BD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.039 H 302.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA3BD
RGB	rgb(173, 163, 189)
HSL	hsl(263, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(263, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 13.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, 8.64, -12.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 14.82, 305.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% 0.021 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.039 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.5144, 38.7528, 53.5326)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA3BD #B3BDA3

analogous

#A3A6BD #ADA3BD #BAA3BD

triadic

#ADA3BD #BDADA3 #A3BDAD

tetradic

#ADA3BD #BDA3A6 #B3BDA3 #A3BDBA

square

#ADA3BD #BDA3A6 #B3BDA3 #A3BDBA

split-complementary

#ADA3BD #BDBAA3 #A6BDA3

monochromatic

#6E6086 #8D7FA3 #ADA3BD #CDC7D7 #EDEAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#ADA3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#ADA3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA3BD

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA3BD	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA7BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 163, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.039 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bed0',
    500: '#ada3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada3bd;
$custom-light: #c5bed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 16.456,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73232,
    "c": 0.03862,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA3BD

secondary

#DFE2DA

accent

#9B4B7C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA3BD

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

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