#ADA5BF#ADA5BF

#ADA5BF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.038 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA5BF
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 191)
HSL	hsl(258, 17%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(258, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 13.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, 7.94, -12.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 14.62, 302.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% 0.0187 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.038 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.0909, 39.5560, 54.8031)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA5BF #B7BFA5

analogous

#A5AABF #ADA5BF #BAA5BF

triadic

#ADA5BF #BFADA5 #A5BFAD

tetradic

#ADA5BF #BFA5AA #B7BFA5 #A5BFBA

square

#ADA5BF #BFA5AA #B7BFA5 #A5BFBA

split-complementary

#ADA5BF #BFBAA5 #AABFA5

monochromatic

#6D6189 #8C81A6 #ADA5BF #CEC9D8 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ADA5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#ADA5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA5BF

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA5BF	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A9C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.038 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bfd2',
    500: '#ada5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada5bf;
$custom-light: #c5bfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.462,
    "s": 16.883,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73705,
    "c": 0.03802,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA5BF

secondary

#E1E4DC

accent

#9B4A82

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA5BF

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

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