#ADA6BD#ADA6BD

#ADA6BD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.034 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA6BD
RGB	rgb(173, 166, 189)
HSL	hsl(258, 15%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(258, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 12.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, 6.98, -10.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 12.92, 302.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% 0.0165 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.034 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.0534, 39.8307, 53.7122)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA6BD #B6BDA6

analogous

#A6ABBD #ADA6BD #B9A6BD

triadic

#ADA6BD #BDADA6 #A6BDAD

tetradic

#ADA6BD #BDA6AB #B6BDA6 #A6BDB9

square

#ADA6BD #BDA6AB #B6BDA6 #A6BDB9

split-complementary

#ADA6BD #BDB9A6 #ABBDA6

monochromatic

#6E6386 #8D83A3 #ADA6BD #CDC9D7 #EEECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#ADA6BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#ADA6BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA6BD

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA6BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA6BD	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada6bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 166, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.034 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c0d0',
    500: '#ada6bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada6bd;
$custom-light: #c5c0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada6bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.261,
    "s": 14.839,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73838,
    "c": 0.0336,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA6BD

secondary

#E1E3DC

accent

#994C82

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA6BD

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

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