#ADA6CA#ADA6CA

#ADA6CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.052 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA6CA
RGB	rgb(173, 166, 202)
HSL	hsl(252, 25%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(252, 18%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 17.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, 9.72, -17.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 19.95, 299.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% 0.0211 -0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.052 294)
XYZ	xyz(41.5282, 40.4207, 61.4798)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA6CA #C3CAA6

analogous

#A6B1CA #ADA6CA #BFA6CA

triadic

#ADA6CA #CAADA6 #A6CAAD

tetradic

#ADA6CA #CAA6B1 #C3CAA6 #A6CABF

square

#ADA6CA #CAA6B1 #C3CAA6 #A6CABF

split-complementary

#ADA6CA #CABFA6 #B1CAA6

monochromatic

#685C9A #8A80B3 #ADA6CA #D0CCE1 #EDECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#ADA6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#ADA6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA6CA

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA6CA	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EABCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAAC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8ABB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 166, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.052 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c0da',
    500: '#ada6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada6ca;
$custom-light: #c5c0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.667,
    "s": 25.352,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74303,
    "c": 0.05183,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.40421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA6CA

secondary

#E8EAE1

accent

#A44291

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA6CA

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

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