#ADA8BB#ADA8BB

#ADA8BB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.028 H 297.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA8BB
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 187)
HSL	hsl(256, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(256, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 10.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, 5.47, -9.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 10.60, 301.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% 0.0128 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.028 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.2042, 40.4773, 52.6989)
Luminance	0.4048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA8BB #B6BBA8

analogous

#A8ADBB #ADA8BB #B7A8BB

triadic

#ADA8BB #BBADA8 #A8BBAD

tetradic

#ADA8BB #BBA8AD #B6BBA8 #A8BBB7

square

#ADA8BB #BBA8AD #B6BBA8 #A8BBB7

split-complementary

#ADA8BB #BBB7A8 #ADBBA8

monochromatic

#6E6683 #8D86A0 #ADA8BB #CDCAD6 #EEEDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#ADA8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#ADA8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA8BB

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA8BB	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABABAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.028 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c1cf',
    500: '#ada8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada8bb;
$custom-light: #c5c1cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.789,
    "s": 12.258,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74176,
    "c": 0.02754,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA8BB

secondary

#E1E2DD

accent

#964F84

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA8BB

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

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