#ADA8BE#ADA8BE

#ADA8BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.032 H 296.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA8BE
RGB	rgb(173, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(254, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(254, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, 6.08, -10.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 12.22, 299.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% 0.0139 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.032 296)
XYZ	xyz(40.5287, 40.6071, 54.4080)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA8BE #B9BEA8

analogous

#A8AEBE #ADA8BE #B8A8BE

triadic

#ADA8BE #BEADA8 #A8BEAD

tetradic

#ADA8BE #BEA8AE #B9BEA8 #A8BEB8

square

#ADA8BE #BEA8AE #B9BEA8 #A8BEB8

split-complementary

#ADA8BE #BEB8A8 #AEBEA8

monochromatic

#6C6587 #8C85A4 #ADA8BE #CECBD8 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#ADA8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#ADA8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA8BE

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA8BE	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ABBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAABAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.032 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c1d1',
    500: '#ada8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada8be;
$custom-light: #c5c1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.636,
    "s": 14.474,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74278,
    "c": 0.03175,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.40607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA8BE

secondary

#E3E4DE

accent

#994D87

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA8BE

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

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