#ADA6BF#ADA6BF

#ADA6BF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.036 H 298.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA6BF
RGB	rgb(173, 166, 191)
HSL	hsl(257, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(257, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 13.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, 7.39, -11.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 14.00, 301.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% 0.0173 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.036 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.2720, 39.9182, 54.8635)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA6BF #B8BFA6

analogous

#A6ABBF #ADA6BF #BAA6BF

triadic

#ADA6BF #BFADA6 #A6BFAD

tetradic

#ADA6BF #BFA6AB #B8BFA6 #A6BFBA

square

#ADA6BF #BFA6AB #B8BFA6 #A6BFBA

split-complementary

#ADA6BF #BFBAA6 #ABBFA6

monochromatic

#6D6288 #8C82A5 #ADA6BF #CECAD9 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#ADA6BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#ADA6BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA6BF

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA6BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA6BF	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AAC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada6bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 166, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.036 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c0d2',
    500: '#ada6bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada6bf;
$custom-light: #c5c0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada6bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.8,
    "s": 16.34,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73907,
    "c": 0.03638,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA6BF

secondary

#E2E4DD

accent

#9B4B84

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA6BF

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

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