#ADA6BE#ADA6BE

#ADA6BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.035 H 298.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA6BE
RGB	rgb(173, 166, 190)
HSL	hsl(258, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(258, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 12.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, 7.18, -11.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 13.46, 302.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% 0.0169 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.035 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.1623, 39.8743, 54.2859)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA6BE #B7BEA6

analogous

#A6ABBE #ADA6BE #B9A6BE

triadic

#ADA6BE #BEADA6 #A6BEAD

tetradic

#ADA6BE #BEA6AB #B7BEA6 #A6BEB9

square

#ADA6BE #BEA6AB #B7BEA6 #A6BEB9

split-complementary

#ADA6BE #BEB9A6 #ABBEA6

monochromatic

#6D6387 #8C83A4 #ADA6BE #CEC9D8 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#ADA6BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#ADA6BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA6BE

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA6BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA6BE	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)

#A2A9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada6be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 166, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.035 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c0d1',
    500: '#ada6be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada6be;
$custom-light: #c5c0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada6be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.5,
    "s": 15.584,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73873,
    "c": 0.03499,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA6BE

secondary

#E1E3DD

accent

#9A4C83

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA6BE

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

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