#ADA5BC#ADA5BC

#ADA5BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.034 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA5BC
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 188)
HSL	hsl(261, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(261, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 12.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, 7.33, -10.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 13.01, 304.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% 0.0177 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.034 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.7641, 39.4253, 53.0822)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA5BC #B4BCA5

analogous

#A5A9BC #ADA5BC #B9A5BC

triadic

#ADA5BC #BCADA5 #A5BCAD

tetradic

#ADA5BC #BCA5A9 #B4BCA5 #A5BCB9

square

#ADA5BC #BCA5A9 #B4BCA5 #A5BCB9

split-complementary

#ADA5BC #BCB9A5 #A9BCA5

monochromatic

#6E6284 #8D82A2 #ADA5BC #CDC8D6 #EDEBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ADA5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#ADA5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA5BC

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA5BC	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A8BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.034 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bfd0',
    500: '#ada5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada5bc;
$custom-light: #c5bfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.87,
    "s": 14.65,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73601,
    "c": 0.03388,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA5BC

secondary

#DFE2DB

accent

#994D7E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA5BC

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

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