#ADA5CB#ADA5CB

#ADA5CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.055 H 294.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA5CB
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 203)
HSL	hsl(253, 27%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(253, 19%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 18.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, 10.49, -18.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 21.11, 299.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% 0.0229 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.055 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.4659, 40.1061, 62.0450)
Luminance	0.4011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA5CB #C3CBA5

analogous

#A5B0CB #ADA5CB #C0A5CB

triadic

#ADA5CB #CBADA5 #A5CBAD

tetradic

#ADA5CB #CBA5B0 #C3CBA5 #A5CBC0

square

#ADA5CB #CBA5B0 #C3CBA5 #A5CBC0

split-complementary

#ADA5CB #CBC0A5 #B0CBA5

monochromatic

#685A9C #8A7EB5 #ADA5CB #D0CCE1 #EDECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#ADA5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#ADA5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA5CB

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA5CB	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA9CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8ABB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.055 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bfdb',
    500: '#ada5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada5cb;
$custom-light: #c5bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.632,
    "s": 26.761,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74141,
    "c": 0.05482,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA5CB

secondary

#E8EAE1

accent

#A54090

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA5CB

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

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