#ADA3BE#ADA3BE

#ADA3BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.040 H 302.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA3BE
RGB	rgb(173, 163, 190)
HSL	hsl(262, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(262, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 14.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, 8.84, -12.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 15.35, 305.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% 0.0213 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.04 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6233, 38.7963, 54.1062)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA3BE #B4BEA3

analogous

#A3A7BE #ADA3BE #BBA3BE

triadic

#ADA3BE #BEADA3 #A3BEAD

tetradic

#ADA3BE #BEA3A7 #B4BEA3 #A3BEBB

square

#ADA3BE #BEA3A7 #B4BEA3 #A3BEBB

split-complementary

#ADA3BE #BEBBA3 #A7BEA3

monochromatic

#6E5F87 #8D7FA5 #ADA3BE #CDC7D7 #EDEBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#ADA3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#ADA3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA3BE

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA3BE	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)

#9EA7BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 163, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.040 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bed1',
    500: '#ada3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada3be;
$custom-light: #c5bed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.222,
    "s": 17.197,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73268,
    "c": 0.03998,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA3BE

secondary

#DFE2DA

accent

#9B4A7D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA3BE

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

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