#ADA5CE#ADA5CE

#ADA5CE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.059 H 293.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA5CE
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(252, 29%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(252, 20%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, 11.14, -19.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 22.74, 299.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% 0.0239 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.059 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.8269, 40.2504, 63.9461)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA5CE #C6CEA5

analogous

#A5B2CE #ADA5CE #C1A5CE

triadic

#ADA5CE #CEADA5 #A5CEAD

tetradic

#ADA5CE #CEA5B2 #C6CEA5 #A5CEC1

square

#ADA5CE #CEA5B2 #C6CEA5 #A5CEC1

split-complementary

#ADA5CE #CEC1A5 #B2CEA5

monochromatic

#6658A1 #897DB8 #ADA5CE #D1CDE4 #EDEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#ADA5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#ADA5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA5CE

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA5CE	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CABD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7ABB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.059 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bfdd',
    500: '#ada5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada5ce;
$custom-light: #c5bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.707,
    "s": 29.496,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74255,
    "c": 0.05904,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA5CE

secondary

#E9EBE0

accent

#A83D93

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA5CE

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

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