#ADA5BD#ADA5BD

#ADA5BD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.035 H 300.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA5BD
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 189)
HSL	hsl(260, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(260, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 12.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, 7.53, -11.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 13.55, 303.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% 0.018 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.035 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.8723, 39.4686, 53.6519)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA5BD #B5BDA5

analogous

#A5A9BD #ADA5BD #B9A5BD

triadic

#ADA5BD #BDADA5 #A5BDAD

tetradic

#ADA5BD #BDA5A9 #B5BDA5 #A5BDB9

square

#ADA5BD #BDA5A9 #B5BDA5 #A5BDB9

split-complementary

#ADA5BD #BDB9A5 #A9BDA5

monochromatic

#6E6286 #8D82A3 #ADA5BD #CDC8D7 #EDECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ADA5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#ADA5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA5BD

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA5BD	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)

#A1A9BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.035 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bfd0',
    500: '#ada5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada5bd;
$custom-light: #c5bfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73636,
    "c": 0.03526,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA5BD

secondary

#E0E2DB

accent

#9A4C80

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA5BD

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

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