#ADA4BD#ADA4BD

#ADA4BD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.037 H 301.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA4BD
RGB	rgb(173, 164, 189)
HSL	hsl(262, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(262, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, 8.08, -11.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 14.18, 304.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% 0.0195 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.037 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.6926, 39.1093, 53.5920)
Luminance	0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA4BD #B4BDA4

analogous

#A4A8BD #ADA4BD #BAA4BD

triadic

#ADA4BD #BDADA4 #A4BDAD

tetradic

#ADA4BD #BDA4A8 #B4BDA4 #A4BDBA

square

#ADA4BD #BDA4A8 #B4BDA4 #A4BDBA

split-complementary

#ADA4BD #BDBAA4 #A8BDA4

monochromatic

#6E6186 #8D81A3 #ADA4BD #CDC7D7 #EDEBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#ADA4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#ADA4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA4BD

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA4BD	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 164, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.037 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bfd0',
    500: '#ada4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada4bd;
$custom-light: #c5bfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.6,
    "s": 15.924,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73434,
    "c": 0.03693,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA4BD

secondary

#DFE2DB

accent

#9A4B7E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA4BD

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

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