#ADA5CD#ADA5CD

#ADA5CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.058 H 294.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA5CD
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(252, 29%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(252, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, 10.92, -19.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 22.19, 299.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% 0.0236 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.058 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.7058, 40.2020, 63.3083)
Luminance	0.4020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA5CD #C5CDA5

analogous

#A5B1CD #ADA5CD #C1A5CD

triadic

#ADA5CD #CDADA5 #A5CDAD

tetradic

#ADA5CD #CDA5B1 #C5CDA5 #A5CDC1

square

#ADA5CD #CDA5B1 #C5CDA5 #A5CDC1

split-complementary

#ADA5CD #CDC1A5 #B1CDA5

monochromatic

#67589F #897EB7 #ADA5CD #D1CCE3 #EDEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#ADA5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#ADA5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA5CD

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA5CD	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7ABB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.058 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bfdc',
    500: '#ada5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada5cd;
$custom-light: #c5bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74217,
    "c": 0.05763,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA5CD

secondary

#E9EBE0

accent

#A73E92

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA5CD

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

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