#ADA7BD#ADA7BD

#ADA7BD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.032 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA7BD
RGB	rgb(173, 167, 189)
HSL	hsl(256, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(256, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, 6.43, -10.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 12.30, 301.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% 0.0151 -0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.032 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2359, 40.1957, 53.7731)
Luminance	0.4020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA7BD #B7BDA7

analogous

#A7ACBD #ADA7BD #B8A7BD

triadic

#ADA7BD #BDADA7 #A7BDAD

tetradic

#ADA7BD #BDA7AC #B7BDA7 #A7BDB8

square

#ADA7BD #BDA7AC #B7BDA7 #A7BDB8

split-complementary

#ADA7BD #BDB8A7 #ACBDA7

monochromatic

#6D6485 #8C84A3 #ADA7BD #CECAD7 #EEEDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#ADA7BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#ADA7BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA7BD

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA7BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA7BD	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAAAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada7bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 167, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.032 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c1d0',
    500: '#ada7bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada7bd;
$custom-light: #c5c1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada7bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74041,
    "c": 0.03196,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA7BD

secondary

#E1E3DD

accent

#984D84

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA7BD

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

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