#ADA8BD#ADA8BD

#ADA8BD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.030 H 296.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA8BD
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 189)
HSL	hsl(254, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(254, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, 5.88, -10.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 11.68, 300.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% 0.0136 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.03 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.4198, 40.5635, 53.8344)
Luminance	0.4056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA8BD #B8BDA8

analogous

#A8AEBD #ADA8BD #B7A8BD

triadic

#ADA8BD #BDADA8 #A8BDAD

tetradic

#ADA8BD #BDA8AE #B8BDA8 #A8BDB7

square

#ADA8BD #BDA8AE #B8BDA8 #A8BDB7

split-complementary

#ADA8BD #BDB7A8 #AEBDA8

monochromatic

#6D6585 #8C85A3 #ADA8BD #CECBD7 #EFEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#ADA8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#ADA8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA8BD

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA8BD	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAABAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.030 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c1d0',
    500: '#ada8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada8bd;
$custom-light: #c5c1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.286,
    "s": 13.725,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74244,
    "c": 0.03034,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA8BD

secondary

#E2E3DD

accent

#984E86

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA8BD

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

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