#ADA6BC#ADA6BC

#ADA6BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.032 H 300.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA6BC
RGB	rgb(173, 166, 188)
HSL	hsl(259, 14%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(259, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 11.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, 6.77, -10.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 12.38, 303.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% 0.0162 -0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.032 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.9452, 39.7875, 53.1425)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA6BC #B5BCA6

analogous

#A6AABC #ADA6BC #B8A6BC

triadic

#ADA6BC #BCADA6 #A6BCAD

tetradic

#ADA6BC #BCA6AA #B5BCA6 #A6BCB8

square

#ADA6BC #BCA6AA #B5BCA6 #A6BCB8

split-complementary

#ADA6BC #BCB8A6 #AABCA6

monochromatic

#6E6384 #8D83A2 #ADA6BC #CDC9D6 #EDECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#ADA6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#ADA6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA6BC

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA6BC	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 166, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.032 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c0d0',
    500: '#ada6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada6bc;
$custom-light: #c5c0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.091,
    "s": 14.103,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73804,
    "c": 0.03221,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA6BC

secondary

#E0E2DC

accent

#984D80

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA6BC

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

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