#ADA8BA#ADA8BA

#ADA8BA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.026 H 298.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA8BA
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 186)
HSL	hsl(257, 12%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(257, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 9.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, 5.27, -8.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 10.06, 301.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% 0.0125 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.026 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.0975, 40.4346, 52.1371)
Luminance	0.4043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA8BA #B5BAA8

analogous

#A8ACBA #ADA8BA #B6A8BA

triadic

#ADA8BA #BAADA8 #A8BAAD

tetradic

#ADA8BA #BAA8AC #B5BAA8 #A8BAB6

square

#ADA8BA #BAA8AC #B5BAA8 #A8BAB6

split-complementary

#ADA8BA #BAB6A8 #ACBAA8

monochromatic

#6E6681 #8D869F #ADA8BA #CDCAD5 #EDECF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#ADA8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#ADA8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA8BA

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA8BA	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AABB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AAB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABAAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.026 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c1ce',
    500: '#ada8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada8ba;
$custom-light: #c5c1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.667,
    "s": 11.538,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74143,
    "c": 0.02615,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA8BA

secondary

#E0E1DC

accent

#965082

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA8BA

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

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