#ADA8BC#ADA8BC

#ADA8BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.029 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA8BC
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 188)
HSL	hsl(255, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(255, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 10.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, 5.67, -9.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 11.14, 300.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% 0.0132 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.029 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3116, 40.5203, 53.2647)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA8BC #B7BCA8

analogous

#A8ADBC #ADA8BC #B7A8BC

triadic

#ADA8BC #BCADA8 #A8BCAD

tetradic

#ADA8BC #BCA8AD #B7BCA8 #A8BCB7

square

#ADA8BC #BCA8AD #B7BCA8 #A8BCB7

split-complementary

#ADA8BC #BCB7A8 #ADBCA8

monochromatic

#6D6684 #8C85A1 #ADA8BC #CECBD7 #EEEDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#ADA8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#ADA8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA8BC

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA8BC	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)

#A4ABBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABABAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.029 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c1d0',
    500: '#ada8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada8bc;
$custom-light: #c5c1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7421,
    "c": 0.02895,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA8BC

secondary

#E1E3DD

accent

#974E85

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA8BC

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

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